I’d like to extend my warm wishes for a meaningful and easy fast, as Jewish communities here in Ontario and around the world observe Yom Kippur. This holiest of days in the Jewish calendar is a solemn one of reflection, atonement, forgiveness, and renewed hope. Yom Kippur represents a beautiful commitment to a...

I’d like to extend my warm wishes for a meaningful and easy fast, as Jewish communities here in Ontario and around the world observe Yom Kippur. This holiest of days in the Jewish calendar is a solemn one of reflection, atonement, forgiveness, and renewed hope. Yom Kippur represents a beautiful commitment to a...

YORK SOUTH—WESTON — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to Doug Ford’s announcements Friday:
“Once again, Doug Ford’s actions are weeks late, incomplete and contradict his own claims.

Time and time again, this government scrambles to catch up...

QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPPs Rima Berns-McGown (Beaches—East York), Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth), Suze Morrison (Toronto Centre) and Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre, and Anti-Racism Critic) released the following statement in response to news that two nooses were found at Michael Garron Hospital’s...

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Transit Critic Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) released the following statement after a fatal incident involving a cyclist in her riding: “I am deeply distressed to learn a cyclist has died after being struck by a vehicle near Kensington Market. I offer my sincerest condolences to...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford and his PC government have lost another court battle, wasting precious public dollars defending his cutting agenda. Today, the courts ruled against Doug Ford’s cut to OHIP coverage for Ontarians when they’re travelling.

Ford’s seven court losses include:

Cancelled OHIP...

NICKEL BELT — NDP Health Care critic France Gélinas made this statement in response to the court overruling the Ford government's decision to eliminate the OHIP Out-of-Country Travelers Program:

"It is heartening to see that the Ford government's troubling cancellation of OHIP coverage for Ontarians...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and NDP Francophone Affairs critic Guy Bourgouin released the following statement on the occasion of Franco-Ontarian Day, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Franco-Ontarian flag and over 400 years of Francophone history in Ontario with a message of solidarity in the...

QUEEN’S PARK — A new report reveals Ontario’s taxpayers are on the hook for $120 million in TTC fare system costs, thanks to the government’s privatized PRESTO system, and NDP Transit critic Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) said sweeping reforms to PRESTO are required.

“We’ve been forced into a...

YORK SOUTH—WESTON — Working folks need financial stability to make it through the second wave of COVID-19, and drive the recovery. That’s why Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, and Catherine Fife, critic for Economic Growth and Job Creation, released a new plan Friday to Save Main...

QUEEN’S PARK— A bill tabled by NDP MPP Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) to mark July of each year as Tibetan Heritage month passed unanimously in the Ontario Legislature today.

Karpoche represents the diverse Toronto riding of Parkdale—High Park, the Parkdale portion of which is home to the largest...

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford wants to sink hundreds of millions of public dollars into for-profit health care, while he starves hospitals of funding and nurses are fired, said NDP Deputy Leader, John Vanthof, during question period Thursday.

CBC News reported that it obtained Ford’s so-called second wave...