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Davantage d’investissement requis dans la garde d'enfants en français : le NPD de l’Ontario
TORONTO ET KAPUSKASING – Mme Doly Begum, porte-parole de l’Opposition officielle en matière d’Apprentissage des jeunes enfants et garde d’enfants, et M Guy Bourgouin, porte-parole de l’Opposition officielle en matière d’Affaires francophones, ont rendu publique la déclaration suivante, suite à une...
NDP MPPs call for immediate government oversight of Amberwood Suites following death amid COVID outbreak
SUDBURY - The Ford government must provide immediate oversight of Amberwood Suites retirement home as their COVID outbreak has claimed the life of one resident, infected 31 other residents and three staff members, said local NDP MPPs, Jamie West (Sudbury) and France Gélinas (Nickel Belt).
“Today’s death...
Ford must take action to prevent more workplace outbreaks in Kitchener-Waterloo
NDP MPPs Lindo and Fife call for transparency on outbreaks, paid sick days and on-site testing
WATERLOO – NDP MPPs Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) and Catherine Fife (Waterloo) are urging Doug Ford to put in place measures to protect workers who are being exposed to COVID-19 at workplaces in the region,...
NDP MPP responds to COVID Recovery Hotel at capacity
TORONTO--MPP Rima Berns-McGown, the NDP's critic for Poverty and Homelessness, responded to reports that Toronto's COVID-19 Recovery Hotel for homeless people is at capacity:
"It is deeply concerning that Toronto's COVID recovery centre for people experiencing homelessness is...
MPP Hassan launches Youth Council for York South—Weston
York South—Weston — MPP Faisal Hassan, the Ontario NDP's critic for Youth Engagement, is pleased to launch the Youth Council for York South—Weston. Youth are leading the charge on climate change and social justice issues across our province and insisting on action. Hassan is excited to hear their ideas and...
Gates calls on Ford and Oosterhoff to explain why vaccines were diverted away from Niagara
NIAGARA FALLS — Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates has responded to comments made by PC MPP Sam Oosterhoff to the St. Catharines Standard following the Ford government’s decision to divert vaccines away from Niagara:
“Our long-term care homes are in crisis, people are dying, then we find...
Horwath: Ford must start listening to public health experts, not his divided caucus
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has released a statement following Ford’s announcement that York Centre PC MPP Roman Baber has been removed from his party’s caucus:
“Kicking another of his MPPs out of caucus is purely symbolic unless Doug Ford stops...
NDP call on Ford to urgently support Peel’s mass vaccination centres
QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford must immediately support Peel’s three mass vaccinations centres the region is setting up to stop the spread of COVID-19, says NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Peel region’s NDP MPPs, Deputy Leader Sara Singh (Brampton Centre), Gurratan Singh (Brampton East), and Kevin Yarde (Brampton...
Ford's stay-at-home order doesn’t help homeless stay safe: NDP
TORONTO — Beaches—East York MPP Rima Berns-McGown, the NDP's critic for Poverty and Homelessness, released this statement on how the province's new stay-at-home order will affect people experiencing homelessness:
"The Ford government's stay-at-home order exempts people...
NDP’s Gates: Paid sick days and workplace testing are needed alongside more inspections
NIAGARA FALLS – NDP Workplace Health and Safety critic Wayne Gates has released a statement in response to the Ford government’s announcement of an enforcement ‘blitz’ to inspect workplaces and big box stores:
“Workers that still have to go into the workplace during this pandemic have...
Ford must pay municipalities to cap ridership on transit: NDP MPPs
YORK SOUTH-WESTON — NDP MPP Faisal Hassan (York South—Weston) and NDP Transit critic Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) said Premier Doug Ford must give funding to municipalities so they can cap ridership on public transit, to protect the safety of drivers and riders.
"Canada's union representing...
NDP demands Ford government flow pandemic pay as local PSWs wait for wage boost
SAULT STE. MARIE — With local personal support workers (PSWs) anxiously waiting for pandemic pay promised more than three months ago, Ontario NDP Health critic France Gélinas is demanding the Doug Ford government flow the wage boost immediately and give PSWs a permanent raise.
Gélinas’ call comes...