QUEEN’S PARK — A provision buried in the Ford government's Fall Economic Statement (Bill 68) allows the government to seize the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) lands owned by the City of...

OTTAWA - Following the minister of education’s news release highlighting the launching of new “Student and Family Support Offices” at every school board, NDP shadow minister for education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:

“Clearly, the Minister of Education...

QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, has issued an open letter to the Premier calling for the Minister of Labour, David Piccini, to be fired.

Stiles is renewing her calls following a bombshell report from The Trillium about the Minister’s hand-picked SDF recipient being referred...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford may have his eyes firmly set on tunneling under Highway 401, but both the Premier and Metrolinx have been mum on what could be predictable, yet major viability concerns with this latest vanity project.

Internal documents obtained by the Ontario NDP through a Freedom of Information...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), Shadow Minister with responsibility for Child Care and Pensions, is calling on Doug Ford to keep his promise to families and deliver on $10-a-day child care.

“Families were promised $10-a-day child care,” said Armstrong. “Instead,...

QUEEN’S PARK — Enbridge Gas Inc. is again appealing to the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) for rate increases, continuing their pattern of increasing its payout to investors at the expense of Ontarians.

Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service Delivery Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles; and Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board, MPP Jessica Bell are calling out Ford’s lacklustre Fall Economic Statement for failing to deliver a real plan that families across Ontario urgently need as the cost of living rises, the job crisis worsens, and...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Small Business Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) is calling on the federal government to provide more support for the province's small businesses than what was outlined in Tuesday’s federal budget.

“Ontario’s small businesses are in urgent need...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford is fast-tracking two bills that will make life harder for Ontarians.

“This is a blatantly undemocratic move by Doug Ford,” said Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles.

“The Ford government believes that they have a blank cheque to do whatever they want. This is not a...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Catherine Fife (Waterloo) and Shadow Minister for Finance and Treasury Board Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale) are calling on the Doug Ford government to use Thursday’s Fall Economic Statement to deliver a meaningful...

HAMILTON — Dr. Robin Lennox, MPP for Hamilton Centre, is hosting a Renter Town Hall to bring together tenants, community advocates, and housing experts to discuss how Bill 60, the “Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,” threatens renters’ rights across...

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, Shadow Minister for Children, Community and Social Services Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) once again called on the Doug Ford government to take meaningful action on intimate partner violence (IPV) by declaring it an epidemic in Ontario. The Conservatives refused — for the fifth time...