ELLIOTT LAKE – NDP MPP Michael Mantha (Algoma-Manitoulin), the Official Opposition critic for Tourism, released the following response to the announcement from Minister Lisa MacLeod that applications for the long-overdue Ontario Tourism Recovery Program (OTRP) still won’t be open until Oct...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Doug Ford government to immediately get back to the table with optometrists, and put fair funding in place to give children and seniors the eye care they’re being denied.

“There are kids and teens struggling in school because...

QUEEN'S PARK — NDP MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) released this statement in response to the Ontario government adding sexual violence prevention to Smart Serve training:

"I'm pleased to see the province move in the right direction to train bartenders and servers to recognize and...

Public Accounts show Conservatives massively underspent, allowed third wave to batter Ontario

QUEEN'S PARK — Doug Ford withheld $5.6 billion that should have been used to protect Ontario families from COVID, put more nurses and PSWs into health care and make schools and daycares safer, say NDP Deputy...

Liberals, Greens sign on to NDP initiative, PC Party does not

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario’s MPPs and their staff teams should lead by example by making the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory at the legislature, says the NDP, which has sent a letter to the speaker of the house with the Liberal and Green Party...

KITCHENER — NDP MPP for Kitchener Centre Laura Mae Lindo is calling on the Ford government to speed up the digital app to verify vaccine certification immediately — not a month from now — after a number of local businesses expressed concerns with the long wait.

"Multiple businesses in Kitchener are...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for the vaccine certificate program to be improved in order to protect people, and Ontario’s progress in the fight against COVID-19.

“The 85 per cent of us who did the right thing and got our vaccines earned the right to be at a...

NIPISSING — Erika Lougheed, Ontario NDP candidate for Nipissing, released the following statement in response to disturbing video showing antisemitic displays:

“I was saddened and sickened to see the video that emerged yesterday capturing displays of antisemitism in our community. This is...

From signing a $10 per day child care deal to accepting federal long-term care money, it’s time to get to work, says Horwath

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea is urging Doug Ford to come back to work, and immediately partner with the re-elected federal government to bring relief and...

TORONTO — NDP MPP Suze Morrison (Toronto Centre) released this statement in response to the death of youth worker Thane Murray, who was shot near Regent Park this past weekend:

"I am devastated by the tragic loss of Thane Murray. My heart aches for his family, loved ones, and his beloved...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to confirmation that a child in the Waterloo region has died with COVID-19:

“All of Ontario is holding the family and loved ones of this precious little one in our hearts today. While...

NIPISSING — Erika Lougheed, Ontario NDP candidate for Nipissing, released the following statement in response to anti-abortion protestors targeting schools in North Bay with graphic images:

“Like many local students and parents, I was disturbed by the anti-abortion, anti-choice protestors...