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Ford’s alarming cuts to public health puts Toronto families at risk
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, NDP MPP for Davenport, released the following statement in response to news that the Ford government is cutting about $1 billion from Toronto Public Health funding:
“It’s alarming that Doug Ford is making such deep cuts to a municipal agency that is...
NDP call on Ford government to respect treaty and help people of Kashechewan
Community evacuated every year due to flooding
QUEEN’S PARK – During question period Thursday, NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin and Sol Mamakwa called on Doug Ford to help the First Nations community of Kashechewan, which is again under a state of emergency and is again being evacuated.
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Ford's $350-million cut to environment and conservation will mean higher utility bills, environmental harm
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Official Opposition Environment and Sustainability critic Ian Arthur said that Doug Ford’s budget rips $350 million away from environment and conservation funding, with the bulk of the cuts coming from programs that help families lower their energy bills.
“The...
Ford’s deep cuts to libraries are cruel: Ontario NDP Culture critic
QUEEN’S PARK — Jill Andrew, Ontario NDP Culture critic, said it’s simply cruel for Doug Ford to make deep cuts to libraries — a move she says will rip opportunities away from Ontarians to learn, socialize and access services and technology.
The Ford Conservatives are cutting the Ontario Library Services...
NDP calls on Doug Ford to reveal costs of his partisan ads
Elections Canada asked if Ontario must register as third-party federal election advertiser
QUEEN’S PARK — In the legislature's question period Thursday, NDP Deputy Leader John Vanthof asked Doug Ford how much public money he plans to blow on partisan ads in the lead up to the federal election. At the...
Ford's cut to northern libraries attacks an important northern resource
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Deputy Leader, John Vanthof, issued the following statement following news that the Ford Conservatives are cutting funding for the Ontario Library Service-North by 50 per cent:
“After cutting education, health care and the public services Northern families depend on,...
Ottawa’s 300 expected teacher lay-offs show Ford cutting budget on backs of kids
QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre, Joel Harden, said Wednesday's news that more than 300 public school teachers and about 40 early childhood educators may lose their jobs at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, is disturbing evidence that Doug Ford is cutting the budget at the expense of...
NDP Children and Youth Services critic, local MPPs push back against cuts to autism services in Sudbury
SUDBURY – NDP Children and Youth Services critic, Monique Taylor, was in Sudbury on Tuesday to attend a community town hall organized by the Northern Ontario Autism Alliance to push back against Doug Ford’s cuts to the Ontario Autism Program (OAP).
Taylor was joined by local NDP MPPs Jamie...
Fife says conservatives must commit to twinning of Highway 7 and two-way, all day GO
QUEEN’S PARK – During question period Wednesday, NDP MPP for Waterloo, Catherine Fife, said the Ford government has left the people of Kitchener-Waterloo “waiting and guessing” about whether it will fund or complete critical regional transit and infrastructure projects — namely, the twinning of Highway 7...
Horwath shares vision for stable business climate, job creation in Ontario
Official Opposition Leader delivers remarks at Canadian Club
TORONTO — NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath says a key to job creation and economic growth is guaranteeing stability for businesses, working people and investors. That was the theme of an address Horwath delivered Wednesday at...
Doug Ford's cuts to local paramedic services may put rural families at risk
QUEEN’S PARK – Doug Ford's decision to cut the majority of Ontario’s local paramedic services may put lives at risk in rural Ontario, said NDP Deputy Leader John Vanthof during question period Wednesday.
Doug Ford is cutting the number of ambulance services from 52 to just 10.
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Girls Government students urge province to fight period poverty
QUEEN’S PARK — Grade 8 students from Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School held a press conference Wednesday to call on the Ontario government to provide free menstrual products in public washrooms.
The students, who are part of the Girls Government program, were joined by their local...
