BRAMPTON — Doug Ford made a vague statement about expanding Peel Memorial into a full hospital while visiting Brampton today – but the Ford Conservatives’ record shows where they stand.

Ford and his Conservatives voted no when Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath moved a motion calling on the...

Toronto Youth Cabinet issues strong statement on racism in schools

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP critic for Education Marit Stiles (Davenport) and NDP critic for Anti-Racism and Chair of the NDP Black Caucus Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) released the following statement in support of a joint statement on...

QUEEN’S PARK - NDP MPPs Jamie West (Sudbury) and Sandy Shaw (Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas) questioned Doug Ford today about flu vaccine shortages being reported in their communities.

“Jacqueline Trainor, a senior from Sudbury said that she can’t find any place to get an enhanced flu-shot. Another...

QUEEN’S PARK — After Doug Ford claimed he encouraged his MPPs to lobby the chief medical officer, and repeatedly said he does so himself, Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath said the Conservatives should not be attempting to influence public health advice.

On Saturday, Conservative MPPs Jane McKenna...

Four post-secondary institutions in London to offer financial support for former crown wards

LONDON – NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) has issued a statement after the Child Welfare Political Action Committee (Child Welfare PAC) announced an additional four post-secondary institutions in...

QUEEN’S PARK — Grieving families are speaking out against Doug Ford’s move to shield long-term care chains and his own government from accountability, and Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the premier must scrap the legislation that would deny them justice.

The Ford government introduced...

Niagara West MPP poses for photo with crowded group of 40, indoors and maskless

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Deputy Leader John Vanthof is calling on Doug Ford to remove Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff from his post as parliamentary assistant for education after he posed for a photo with a crowded group of 40...

Conservatives yet to deliver on help promised by Yarde’s motion

PEEL — As new COVID-19 cases mount in Peel, local NDP MPPs Kevin Yarde (Brampton North), Gurratan Singh (Brampton East) and Sara Singh (Brampton Centre) are calling on the Ford government to provide provincial assistance that should have come...

HAMILTON – NDP MPP Sandy Shaw (Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas) has demanded the Ford government urgently address the staffing crisis facing Hamilton hospitals in the middle of the pandemic and provide frontline health workers with the support they desperately need.

“Today, the Hamilton Spectator reported...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to remove Merrilee Fullerton from cabinet for her repeated failure to keep seniors safe in her post as Minister of Long-Term Care.

Horwath’s call comes after the long-term care commission found: “We have heard that...

SCARBOROUGH - The Ford government must stop delaying and take immediate action to stop repeated concerning violations and elder abuse in long-term care, said Doly Begum, NDP MPP for Scarborough Southwest, in the following open letter to the minister of long-term care. A CBC Marketplace investigation found repeat...

Despite completing barely over 44,000 tests, Ontario has counted a record-high 978 cases of COVID-19 Saturday. Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement:

“It never should have come to this. Doug Ford’s refusal to invest in stopping the growth of the second wave is costing us...