NIAGARA FALLS — Wayne Gates, Ontario NDP critic for the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB), responded to the Ford government launching a review of the WSIB with the following statement:

“Injured workers have suffered for decades under a WSIB that failed to properly compensate workers...

Schools in Peel are already being forced to cut classes in skilled trades

BRAMPTON—Sara Singh, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and MPP for Brampton Centre, says that Doug Ford’s cuts to education are ripping away opportunities for Peel youth to enter the skilled trades, hurting their future...

QUEEN’S PARK – Monique Taylor, the Official Opposition NDP’s Child and Youth Services critic, issued the following statement in response to the Ford government’s cuts to children and youth at risk:

“After years of having to do more with less under successive Liberal governments,...

SUDBURY- Jamie West, NDP MPP for Sudbury, announced today that he will introduce a private member’s motion in the legislature calling on the Ford government to take immediate action to prevent opioid addiction and overdoses, and to save lives in Northern Ontario.

The motion, Preventing...

QUEEN’S PARK — Peter Tabuns, Ontario NDP Energy and Climate Change critic, will introduce a motion calling on the Ford government to strike a select committee on climate change with representation from all parties. The committee would be tasked with immediately developing comprehensive provincial strategies to...

QUEEN’S PARK—NDP Official Opposition Finance critic Sandy Shaw issued a statement following the Financial Accountability Officer’s latest Economic and Budget Outlook:

“Doug Ford is taking $1,100-worth of programs and services away from every person in Ontario. More than $6 billion in...

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies courses made elective

SIOUX LOOKOUT — Sol Mamakwa, Ontario NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, said it’s shameful for the Ford Conservatives to rewrite the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies curriculum without adequately consulting...

WELLAND— NDP Official Opposition Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch released the following statement regarding Doug Ford’s latest scheme to use $7.35 million in public money to have private consultants conduct municipal audits:

“Only Doug Ford would cut billions from municipalities and...

WATERLOO — Catherine Fife, Ontario NDP critic for Employment, Research and Innovation, released the following statement in response to news that the Ford Conservatives have ended funding to at least two institutes researching artificial intelligence (AI):

“It’s incredibly short-sighted...

HAMILTON—Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas NDP MPP Sandy Shaw is calling on Hamilton-area MPPs to push back against Doug Ford’s $9 million in cuts to their city, rather than backstabbing the city.

Shaw is responding to comments made by local Conservative MPP Donna Skelly...

QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Education critic, released the following statement in response to news that Doug Ford’s education cuts have forced the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to cancel 734 course sections:

“Our kids continue to pay the price for Doug Ford’s...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford’s elimination of out-of-country OHIP coverage will make travel for Ontarians with kidney failure unaffordable, said NDP Health critic France Gélinas who called for the reversal of the cut.

Gélinas held a press conference at Queen’s Park on Thursday with...