August 18, 2022
NDP CALLS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF PRACTICE-READY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED DOCTORS, NURSES
QUEEN’S PARK -- The Ontario NDP is calling on Premier Doug Ford to bring back the practice-ready assessment program for qualified internationally trained doctors and nurses. Ford's gove... More
August 17, 2022
NDP RESPONDS TO REPORT FORD PLANS TO SEND PATIENTS WAITING IN HOSPITALS TO DISTANT LONG-TERM CARE HOMES APPARENTLY WITHOUT CONSENT
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Health critic France Gélinas released the following statement in response to a CityNews report that revealed Premier Doug Ford’s government is planning legislation that could shu... More
August 16, 2022
NDP SAYS INFLATION NUMBERS ARE A CALL TO ACTION
QUEEN’S PARK — Statistics Canada released new inflation numbers Tuesday. Overall inflation growth was a whopping 7.6 per cent in July while food prices soared 9.9 per cent, a half point higher tha... More
August 11, 2022
NDP: FIX ONTARIO’S HEALTH CARE CRISIS WITH PUBLIC FUNDING, NOT PRIVATIZATION
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Health Care critic France Gélinas said the Official Opposition is horrified that Health Minister Sylvia Jones suggested to media multiple times Wednesday that health care... More
August 11, 2022
FORD MUST STOP HIDING FROM USW AS WORKPLACES IN ONTARIO BECOME MORE DANGEROUS
QUEEN’S PARK – During question period Wednesday, NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) asked Doug Ford why his government is ignoring requests to meet with the United Steelworkers following the death... More
August 11, 2022
NDP tables motion for nation-leading health care recruitment and retention package
QUEEN’S PARK – The Official Opposition NDP is taking a hiring and retention plan to the legislature that will give current and future health care workers in Ontario raises, respect, and incenti... More
August 9, 2022
NDP slams budget that ignores inflation, health care crisis
QUEEN’S PARK – The Conservative government’s choice to re-table a months-old budget without any updates to deal with exploding inflation or the raging health care crisis will make those problems wo... More
August 5, 2022
NDP WANTS THRONE SPEECH AND BUDGET TO DEAL WITH HEALTH CARE CRISIS, INFLATION
QUEEN’S PARK — When the legislature resumes, the Official Opposition NDP wants Premier Doug Ford’s Conservatives to table a new budget — one that deals with the health care crisis, and with explodi... More
August 4, 2022