QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath wants the Jan. 31 reopening to be safer. She’s calling for paid sick days for all, restored access to COVID testing, and an expansion of the vaccine certificate program to include places like LCBOs and cannabis shops.

“We all want the cycle of...

NIAGARA – NDP MPPs Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines), Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) and Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls), and NDP candidate for Niagara West Dave Augustyn released the following statement in response to a letter from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore to Niagara’s Chief Medical Officer Dr...

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is joining frontline workers in health care, long-term care, education, and other sectors to fight for urgent action to protect people and the health care system from the Omicron wave.

Horwath joined with the leadership of the Ontario Federation...

TORONTO — NDP MPP Jill Andrew (Toronto—St Paul’s) and MPP Faisal Hassan (York South—Weston) released the following statement in response to news that Metrolinx and the City of Toronto will establish a joint committee to address the needs of local businesses impacted by construction on the Eglinton Crosstown...

NIAGARA FALLS — NDP MPP Wayne Gates, whose riding covers Fort Erie, is pointing to the recent blizzard as a reason to re-open Fort Erie’s urgent care.

“Fort Erie gets pummeled by snow every year and the roads become very dangerous — everyone here knows it, and Doug Ford has been told many times that we...

QUEEN'S PARK — With a Housing Summit planned for Wednesday, Ontario NDP Housing critic Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) is calling for five specific proposals to be on the table — things she said the Doug Ford government can and should do right now to help people afford a home in Ontario.

"Housing...

QUEEN’S PARK - Doug Ford must listen to First Nations calling on the provincial and federal governments to support communities that urgently need fire resources to prevent any more tragic fire deaths, said Sol Mamakwa, MPP for Kiiwetinoong and NDP critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations.

“The deaths of...

TORONTO — The goal now is to keep schools open right through to June, says Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath and NDP Education critic Marit Stiles — who want the Doug Ford government to test, trace and report COVID cases in schools again.

“We’re so relieved that kids are heading back to school...

TORONTO — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has written a letter to Premier Doug Ford calling for a new dedicated long-term care minister, as well as an action plan to address the crisis unfolding in long-term care.

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BRAMPTON – NDP Deputy Leader and Long-Term Care critic Sara Singh released the following statement regarding the resignation of the Minister of Long-Term Care Rod Phillips as the Omicron wave hits long-term care homes:

“Outbreaks and staff shortages are surging in long-term care homes again, leaving...

KIIWETINOONG — MPP Sol Mamakwa issued the following statement in response to news several children died in a house fire in Sandy Lake First Nation early Friday:

"Our hearts are broken for the members, families, first responders, and leadership of Sandy Lake First Nation as they grieve the horrific loss of...

Horwath’s NDP raised three times more than Del Duca’s Liberals

TORONTO — The NDP received a whopping 127,454 individual donations in 2021 – far more than every other party combined — totalling more than $5.1 million.

“Something special has been happening,” said Ontario NDP Provincial...