TORONTO — Doly Begum, NDP critic for Early Learning and Child Care and the MPP for Scarborough Southwest, made the following statement in response to the City of Toronto report on child care and the impact of Doug Ford’s cuts:

“This is just another example of how Doug Ford’s cuts are...

“This long-delayed decision will finally assure Food Terminal workers, farmers, independent grocers and restauranteurs who feared for their futures when the Ford government conspicuously excluded the Ontario Food Terminal lands from its initial list of Provincially Significant Employment Zones in January. It was on...

Andrea Horwath, NDP Leader and MPP for Hamilton Centre, issued the following statement in response to the anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalism at the Beth Jacob Synagogue, as well as concerning incidents at the Hamilton Downtown Mosque involving an unknown man taking photos of the congregation:

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QUEEN’S PARK - Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says Doug Ford needs to come out of hiding following a narrowly averted education workers’ strike that would have closed schools across Ontario.

“Doug Ford did everything he could to pick a fight and move ahead with an agenda of...

MPP Gretzky says Ford’s ‘Cut-first-think-after’ approach failing families

WINDSOR -- Lisa Gretzky, the NDP’s critic for Community and Social Services, made the following statement:

“Doug Ford’s planned cuts to social assistance would have hurt the most vulnerable children and adults in...

MPP Jill Andrew urges government to reverse cuts

QUEEN’S PARK – New Democrat Culture Critic Jill Andrew joined editors, cultural workers and publishers at Queen’s Park to highlight the impact of Doug Ford’s culture cuts on Ontario’s magazine industry and the people who work in it.

“Cultural...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Education Critic Marit Stiles issued the following statement in response to the Financial Accountability Officer’s report, Expenditure Estimates 2019-20: Ministry of Education.

“The FAO report confirms that Doug Ford’s cuts to education will mean...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Labour critic Jamie West, and NDP Workplace Health and Safety critic, Wayne Gates, said the Ford government must provide answers on how another worker at Fiera Foods died on Wednesday. The worker is the fifth to die at the company or one of its affiliates in an industrial accident since...

QUEEN’S PARK - "Franco-Ontarian Day is an opportunity to celebrate over 400 years of French-speaking history in our province and the contributions that francophones have made and continue to make to Ontario. Franco-Ontarians play a vital role in the economic and cultural fabric of our province.

It is also an...

QUEEN’S PARK -- NDP Childcare critic Doly Begum says a new report by Ontario’s independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) proves that Doug Ford’s tax schemes are no replacement for affordable and reliable childcare.

“Today’s report confirms what working parents already knew, that Doug Ford’s...

QUEEN’S PARK-Guy Bourgouin, NDP Francophone Affairs critic and MPP for Mushkegowuk-James Bay, discussed his plan to modernize the French Language Services Act to ensure that Franco-Ontarians receive the government services they need in French.

Bourgouin was joined at a Queen’s Park press...

TORONTO — NDP Transit critic Jessica Bell has released a public letter co-signed by City Councillor Mike Layton and community and road safety organizations calling on the Ford government to use safety cameras on streetcars in order to catch drivers speeding past open streetcar doors.

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