QUEEN’S PARK — On Monday Doug Ford said there is no need to call in the military to provide relief at Roberta Place, or other long-term care homes in crisis.

“I was told we don't need them,” said Ford.

“Who is telling Doug Ford help isn’t needed?” asked long-term care critic Teresa...

HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath vowed to keep fighting to get rural municipalities the support they need to get through and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, in remarks today at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) 2021 Virtual...

NDP to seek unanimous consent to pass bill when legislature resumes

HAMILTON — Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released an open letter today advising of the NDP’s intent to seek unanimous consent to pass NDP MPP Peggy Sattler’s bill to give Ontarians paid sick days as soon as the legislature...

QUEEN’S PARK — With over 130,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine sitting in Ontario freezers as of Monday, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for all long-term care residents to receive their first vaccine shot by Friday.

“We have to do far more than just wait for the vaccine in long-term care homes,” said...

HAMILTON – NDP MPP Monique Taylor and Sharleen Stewart, President of SEIU Healthcare, are calling on Doug Ford’s government to bar APANS Health Services from regaining management of Grace Villa, following dozens of letters from workers in the home outlining the negligence of management during the COVID-19...

SUDBURY - NDP MPPs France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) wrote an open letter to Doug Ford calling on him to provide northerners with the government’s plan to roll out vaccines in the region, and to clarify his confusing stay-at-home...

QUEEN’S PARK — Following days of activism, opposition and proposing alternatives, Toronto Centre’s NDP MPP Suze Morrison issued the following statement in response to news that the Ford government will pause its progress on demolishing the heritage Foundry buildings until Wednesday:

“I...

TORONTO - Ontario graduates desperately need financial relief to get through the pandemic, said NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina-Fort York), the NDP’s critic for Colleges and Universities.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive job losses and has greatly affected people’s income in Ontario,” said...

HAMILTON – Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement: “Disturbing new reports from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit show that the Ford government diverted a shipment of Moderna vaccine that may have helped to prevent the deadly outbreak at Roberta Place. This follows...

NDP Leader calls for military reinforcements, more staff, more testing and faster vaccinations

HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to take immediate action to save seniors, whose lives are on the line according to a new Science Table report showing Ford’s...

Party releases video showing shocking overcrowding for essential workers

TORONTO — Ontario’s NDP has released a video showing just how overcrowded transit is in the GTA and launched a petition in a push to get Doug Ford to fund municipalities to put more buses, streetcars and trains on routes, and cap...

Only half of LTC residents in Ontario vaccinated as UK variant threatens LTC homes

HAMILTON — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Doug Ford to speed up vaccinations in long-term care, saying it’s unacceptable to have only inoculated half of the seniors living in Ontario’s nursing...