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NDP: Ford government must act now to address COVID-19 test result delays
Hamiltonians waiting as long as two weeks for COVID-19 test results that should arrive in 48 hours or less
QUEEN’S PARK — Monique Taylor, NDP MPP for Hamilton Mountain, is calling on the Ford government to step up and put an end to excessive waits for COVID-19 test results by fixing their broken testing...
Ford must stop excluding Northern schools from reopening plans: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK – Northern NDP MPPs are demanding that Doug Ford stop leaving out northern schools and provide the resources they need for a safe reopening in September.
NDP Deputy Leader John Vanthof and MPP Sol Mamakwa, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation critic, supported NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and...
Stage 3 plans must not take Ontario one step forward, two steps back: NDP
NDP calls for fund to help businesses with safe re-opening costs
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said safely moving into Stage 3 should come with help and support from the government.
“Ontarians have worked hard to flatten the curve. It’s because of the collective...
Instead of more coordination, Ford government hands over hotspot testing to private for-profit corporation
QUEEN’S PARK — New Democrats are demanding answers on the contract with for-profit, private corporation Switch Health for COVID-19 testing in the Windsor-Essex region.
“We desperately need the province to ramp up and properly coordinate on-farm and in-community testing in the region. Instead a private...
Horwath and Natyshak raise Ford failing people of Windsor-Essex
The NDP urges Ford to fund struggling businesses as they reopen
WINDSOR-ESSEX — Immediately following their tour of Leamington, Kingsville and other parts of Essex County, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Essex MPP Taras Natyshak took messages from small businesses and families in the region right back to...
Ford needs to line up more teachers, more staff, more classrooms for September
NDP supports safe, small classes for five-day school weeks in the fall
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath pushed again in question period Monday for Doug Ford and Stephen Lecce to create smaller, safer classes in September by getting more teachers, more education workers and more classrooms on board...
Horwath calls for Save Main Street plan during visit to Essex region
KINGSVILLE — Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition New Democrats, was in Kingsville, Leamington and the Essex region Saturday and Sunday to fight for the help the region and its small businesses need to come roaring back.
The Doug Ford government has not managed to ramp up testing and COVID-19...
Mamakwa calls on Ford government for urgent support of Matawa First Nations COVID-19 Emergency Education Response Plan
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Sol Mamakwa, NDP Official Opposition critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, sent the following open letter to Ontario’s education minister requesting urgent support for Matawa First Nations COVID-19 Emergency Education Response Plan.
The Ford government has still not provided...
Ford’s COVID-19 bill grants authority for Ontario to seize land without hearings
TORONTO — University Rosedale MPP and NDP critic for Transit Jessica Bell says Doug Ford is giving himself the unprecedented power to take land without so much as a hearing.
“Ford is giving himself unprecedented authority to expropriate, sell, and build on land, running roughshod over municipal planning...
Gretzky: Ford has done nothing to save auto worker jobs in Windsor
WINDSOR – NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) has released a statement following the end of the third-shift at the Chrysler assembly plant in Windsor on July 10:
“After a year of uncertainty, hundreds of workers on the third shift at Chrysler are losing their jobs today. Feeder plants in...
NDP calls for more teachers, education workers and classrooms so all students can go back full time in the fall
Government’s hybrid model shaping up to be a disaster
QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP is calling on the Ford government to prioritize childcare and schools in their economic recovery plans, lining up more teachers, more education workers and more classroom spaces so all students can go back to school full-time...
Ross Romano must step up for child care in Sault Ste. Marie
ELLIOT LAKE - Algoma-Manitoulin NDP MPP Michael Mantha released the following statement following news of the closure of the early learning child care centre at Sault College due to financial difficulties:
“Young families are already worried about how to get back to work and school as we...
