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NDP: Ford’s writing himself a blank cheque to use taxpayer dollars for his private luxury spa
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for GTA Issues, Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) says the Conservatives are giving themselves extraordinary new powers to bulldoze over Ontario Place with their private luxury spa:
“It’s clear that Ford will stop at nothing to make this spa a reality...
Chapman, NDP call for emergency support as Kitchener food bank use skyrockets
KITCHENER – Debbie Chapman, Ontario NDP candidate for Kitchener Centre, joined the Ontario NDP’s call for emergency funding and a stronger social safety net, after Feed Ontario released alarming new data showing food bank up 38 per cent in Ontario, compared to...
Wong-Tam: How many more survivors need to be denied justice before Ford’s Conservatives finally address the mess in Ontario’s courts?
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) has been sounding the alarm on the brewing crisis in Ontario’s courtrooms. They have raised questions about slashed funding, political meddling with judicial appointments, staffing issues, and...
MPP Gretzky: Ford hanging Windsor workers out to dry by saying ‘NO’ to anti-scab legislation
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) released the following statement after Ford’s Conservatives voted down the NDP’s anti-scab legislation yet again:
“The Conservatives like to talk a big game, but when push comes to shove, they let Windsor-Essex workers down every single time. Our NDP...
Ontario NDP welcomes Chow’s new deal for Toronto
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, the Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, issued the following statement on the announcement of a new deal for Toronto to support the city’s essential public services, transit, and housing:
“Toronto needed a new deal, and Mayor Chow got it. She inherited a huge mess from a...
Glover: Ford’s Conservatives are running the show at Ontario Place
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) has released the following statement in response to the latest announcement on Ontario Place:
“The fate of Ontario Place has always been up to the province, and Ford’s Conservatives are handing Ontarians a terrible deal with...
Ford’s Conservatives refuse to stand up for workers’ rights
QUEEN'S PARK - In a sadly familiar turn of events, Ford’s Conservatives have once again voted against anti-scab legislation, marking the sixteenth time the Ontario NDP has tabled the bill.
This decision, while not unexpected given Ford's Conservatives' lack of regard for workers, highlights the...
NDP: Ford failing Ontarians as food bank use soars through the roof
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPPs issued the following response to a Feed Ontario report that tracked a 38 per cent increase in food bank usage since last year – the single largest increase they’ve ever recorded:
“This increase in food...
Ford’s crackdown on car thefts won’t work until he cleans up his mess of Ontario’s courts: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for the Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) says the government’s announcement to boost funding to policing to try and address car thefts will not work until Ford’s Conservatives clean up the mess they have made of Ontario’s courts.
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NDP: Ontarians with disabilities need ODSP to be doubled—not reduced—by Ford
HAMILTON – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), NDP critic for Children, Community and Social Services, released a statement following reports that the Ford Conservatives are looking for ways to implement cuts to lower costs in the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP):
“It’s extremely alarming to...
Building places to call home
Your Official Opposition NDP plan would get the provincial government back in the business of building homes you can afford.
Unlike Doug Ford and the Conservatives, who see the housing crisis as a scapegoat to make their land speculator friends even wealthier, the Ontario NDP sees it for what it...
Taking on the Conservatives’ corruption
New information shows Ford’s fingerprints all over the Greenbelt corruption scandal
New documents from the Freedom of Information request by Environmental Defense and Ecojustice reveal that the Ford government staff directed changes to urban boundaries expansions at the request of land...
