March 3, 2022
Ford was like the Liberals before him: All talk, no broadband
NORTHERN ONTARIO – Doug Ford has abandoned northern and rural Ontario communities that need broadband connection, said northern NDP MPPs after Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer found th... More
March 2, 2022
FAO report shows Ford sitting on $5.5 billion
WATERLOO – A new report from the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) shows that the Ford government withheld $5.5 billion in promised spending, shortchanging health care and supports for children... More
March 2, 2022
As cost of living soars, NDP tables bill to regulate gas prices and end gouging
QUEEN’S PARK – Gas prices are out of control and price gouging at the pumps continues to empty the pockets of Ontarians. That’s why Andrea Horwath’s NDP is tabling a bill Wednesday from NDP MPP Gil... More
February 24, 2022
MPP Guy Bourgouin’s bill for safe winter highways passes second reading
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin’s bill to make winter driving safer on Northern Ontario’s highways 11 and 17 passed another important stage with its second reading vote on Thursday. If Bourgou... More
February 16, 2022
Ford's promise to reduce hydro by 12% was a sham
QUEEN'S PARK — Ontario NDP Energy critic Peter Tabuns said Ontarians' cost of living is rising steeply at the same time as a new report by the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) reveals that For... More
February 14, 2022
Ford’s fiscal update leaves Northerners behind, again
NORTHERN ONTARIO - After four years in government, Doug Ford is leaving out northern families yet again, said Northern Ontario’s NDP MPPs responding to the Ford government’s economic and fiscal out... More
February 10, 2022
Ford government must include northern rural communities in free antigen test distribution: NDP
NORTHERN ONTARIO - Northern NDP MPPs have written an open letter to Minister of Health Christine Elliott calling on her to include northern rural communities in the provincial government’s distribu... More
January 26, 2022
NDP support NOSM’s call for more students to address doctor shortage
NORTHERN ONTARIO – Northern NDP MPPs are supporting the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s call on the Ford government to allow more students and residents to be admitted to address the doctor s... More
January 24, 2022
Ford failed to take action on First Nations housing conditions hurting children’s health
TREATY 3 TERRITORY – Doug Ford should have acted years ago to fix the housing conditions in First Nations communities outlined in a new study that shows poor housing conditions are hurting the heal... More
January 18, 2022