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NDP MPP statement on Ryerson University’s Standing Strong process
Statement from MPP Suze Morrison on Ryerson University’s Standing Strong (Mash Koh Wee Kah Pooh Win) engagement process:
Suze Morrison, MPP for Toronto Centre and NDP critic for Urban Indigenous Issues and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Response, released the following...
Don’t listen to Prabmeet Sarkaria – get your vaccine
QUEEN’S PARK — Brampton’s NDP MPPs are encouraging Bramptonians to continue to do their part by getting the vaccine, and are asking PC MPP Prabmeet Sarkaria to retract comments he made Thursday stoking vaccine hesitancy.
“When it comes to vaccines, all community leaders — including MPPs — have a...
Patient received $250,000 bill for care after being discharged from hospital
QUEEN’S PARK – A Hamilton-area man has gotten a bill for nearly a quarter of a million dollars for his care after he was moved from the hospital to an Alternative Level Care Ward in an LTC home while waiting for a proper long-term care home placement. NDP MPP Sandy Shaw questioned the Ford government Thursday...
Ford must stop gutting Northern hospitals with ongoing cuts to health care
QUEEN’S PARK – Northern NDP MPPs are supporting the call from the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) to stop Doug Ford’s continued cuts to northern hospitals that will result in hundreds fewer health care workers to care for patients.
MPPs Jamie West (Sudbury), France Gélinas (Nickel Belt), Guy...
Mamakwa’s bill to ensure all Ontarians have access to safe drinking water goes to debate
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) is calling on the Ford government to support his bill to include Ontarians living in reserves in a law that ensures all Ontarians have access to safe drinking water. Mamakwa’s bill, the Inherent Right to Safe Drinking Water Act, will be debated in the legislature...
85% of businesses in University-Rosedale still waiting for Ford's small biz grant
TORONTO — MPP Jessica Bell's survey of businesses in her riding of University-Rosedale found 85 per cent of eligible business owners that applied to the government's small business grant program have yet to receive funding.
Bell reached out to 14,000 residents and all Business Improvement Associations...
NDP bill to make companies disclose climate change risk
QUEEN'S PARK – NDP MPPs Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale) and Ian Arthur (Kingston and the Islands) will introduce a bill requiring publicly traded companies in Ontario to publicly report the financial implications of climate change on their business each year.
“Climate change is an immediate and...
Horwath flags disturbing reports of seniors dying from dehydration and neglect with OPP
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has written to OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique asking the Ontario Provincial Police to evaluate whether a criminal investigation is warranted into disturbing reports of senior deaths due to dehydration and neglect in long-term care. Horwath’s request...
Del Duca talks child care after jacking up fees for 15 years
TORONTO — NDP Child Care critic Bhutila Karpoche released the following statement in response to Steven Del Duca’s campaign announcement:
“Steven Del Duca and the Wynne Liberals had 15 years to make child care affordable. They chose not to. In fact, Del Duca and the Wynne government...
Northern midwives call for action as Ford cuts Laurentian midwifery program
SUDBURY – An online townhall on midwifery hosted by Sudbury MPP Jamie West on International Day of the Midwife found that the Ford government has not stopped the elimination of Laurentian’s midwifery program.
“There has been no real commitment from Ross Romano or Doug Ford to save Laurentian’s midwifery...
NDP opposes Ford’s plan to ditch hotspot strategy at the end of next week
Ford government vaccine update falls short again, say MPPs
BRAMPTON AND SCARBOROUGH — The Doug Ford government’s update on the vaccination strategy Wednesday was another blow to hotspot communities throughout the province. Despite advice from the Science Table and other experts, the Ford government is...
Ford lets long-term care corporations cash in after thousands of seniors died
Horwath calls for end to profits in care as execs score big bonuses, cushy appointment
QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is blasting the Doug Ford government for rewarding for-profit long-term care companies that left residents to live, and die, in horrifying conditions. New...
