Peter Tabuns MPP, Toronto-Danforth

Government of Ontario

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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

More than a ‘directive’ needed from Ford to get internationally educated doctors and nurses into hospitals

NDP Deputy Leader Doly Begum (Scarborough Southwest), the Official Opposition critic for International Credentials, responded to the Conservative government’s directives to the College of Nurses of... More