October 31, 2024
What's in the Conservative government's mini-budget?
This week, Premier Ford released his Fall Economic Statement (FES). It’s a mini budget the Conservatives will champion as we head into an early election. We will be debating the Fall Economic State... More
October 30, 2024
October 29 - Update
Dear neighbour, On October 23, hundreds of cyclists joined our Rally and Ride for Road Safety at Queen’s Park to tell the Ford Conservatives that bike lanes save lives and are es... More
October 25, 2024
ACT NOW: Safe Streets Save Lives
The Ford Conservatives have introduced Bill 212, the Reducing Gridlock Saving You Time Act, 2024. The bill includes measures to restrict where bike lanes can be built as a way to solve congestion,... More
October 18, 2024
October 16 - Update
Dear neighbour, We’re returning to the legislature on October 21, and it’s going to be a tumultuous session. The legislature should be solving our biggest challenges, like implement... More
October 16, 2024
Health Care Drop In - University Ave
Join me for another Health Care Drop In! Come and connect at the corner of University Ave and Elm St, near SickKids and Toronto General Hospital, this Thursday October 17 from 12.30 - 2pm. Do you h... More
October 16, 2024
Rally & Ride for Road Safety on October 23
The Ford Conservatives are working quickly to introduce legislation that will severely restrict a municipalities ability to install bike lanes in cities and towns across Ontario. If the bill passes... More
October 2, 2024
Health Care Drop In
Join me for a Health Care Drop In! Come and connect at the corner of Dundas St W and Carlyle St, opposite Scadding Court Community Centre and Toronto Western Hospital, this Friday October 4 from 4 ... More
October 2, 2024
Are the Conservatives forcing schools to spend millions on partisan ads?
I visited our riding’s public schools in September this year, and for the first time ever, I noticed these big blue signs on most school buildings, boasting about Ontario’s plan to fix and build sc... More
September 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Homeless, NDP respond to Ford’s angry scold against the poor
“I invite him to live a month in my shoes before telling me how to live my life,” Asil Lavoie Video footage of the press conference available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U28ygaHIMVoF53e... More
September 25, 2024
Doug Ford should fix the homelessness crisis, not attack the poor
On Monday, September 23 2024, Premier Doug Ford made harmful comments about Ontario's underhoused and homeless. We're organizing to tell Premier Ford that homelessness is being driven by his poli... More
September 19, 2024
September 18 Newsletter
Dear neighbour, Today at 12pm I invite you to come down and join me in walking with Grassy Narrows youth and community members to show that we are with them on their path to achieve mercury ... More
September 18, 2024
Welcome back to school
Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year. There are many things I treasure about our public school system, from seeing kids make lifelong friends, to marveling at our children learning to read, write, ... More
September 10, 2024
Ice cream social in the park
Join me for an Ice-Cream Social! Let's connect at Vermont Square Park (819 Palmerston Ave) on Tuesday, September 24 from 6-8 PM. Whether you're getting into the back-to-school routine or want to ch... More
September 9, 2024
Tell Doug Ford that Supervised Consumption Sites Save Lives!
Every 2.5 hours someone in Ontario dies from an overdose. Every one of these deaths is a human tragedy. Harm reduction services, including Supervised Consumption Sites, needle exchanges, and safer... More
September 4, 2024
Rally to 'Save Our Sites' on Friday, September 13
Join us on Friday, September 13, from 1-2 pm at 260 Augusta Ave for a rally to “Save Our Sites” from the Ontario government's plan to shut down supervised consumption sites across Ontario, includi... More
August 28, 2024
August 28 Newsletter
Dear neighbour, The Conservatives have announced they will close ten consumption and treatment sites in Ontario, including the Kensington Overdose Prevention Site on Augusta Ave. Any site 200 ... More
August 27, 2024
Conservatives' mess with consumption sites, choosing ideology over reality
In a cynical move, the Conservatives have announced they will shutter ten consumption and treatment sites in Ontario, including the Kensington Overdose Prevention Site operated by The Neighbourhood... More
August 21, 2024
RSVP: Yorkville Townhall
Please join me for our upcoming Yorkville Town Hall on Thursday, September 26th, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Stone Church, 45 Davenport Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 1H2. All are welcome! Light refreshments ... More
August 21, 2024
RSVP: Mid-Autumn Festival Community Social / 中秋節社區聚會
Please join MPP Glover and me for our upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival Community Social on Monday, September 16th, from 7:15 PM to 9:00 PM at Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street, Toronto. All are ... More
August 3, 2024
August 3 Newsletter
Dear neighbour, Riding a bike around Toronto shouldn't be a death sentence. I was so saddened and angered by the news that a 24-year old woman was killed cycling on Bloor S... More
July 19, 2024
July 19 Newsletter
Jessica Bell Friday, July 19 - Update Dear neighbour, This week, Toronto was brought to a standstill by a record-setting rain that flooded our roads, stations, a... More
June 28, 2024
MPP Meet and Greet at Manulife Centre
On Wednesday, July 3 at 7pm please join me and residents at Manulife Centre. You will have the chance to meet with me, connect with other residents, and share your community’s concerns. More
June 21, 2024
ACT NOW: Don't let renters swelter in their homes
In brutally hot weather, many Ontario renters are living in miserable and even dangerous conditions because their apartment is too hot and they don’t have air-conditioning. The 2021 heatwave in Br... More
June 20, 2024
“Ontario should be affordable for renters,” MPP Bell calls for a ban on Above Guideline Rent Increases for big buildings
TORONTO – Ontario NDP Housing critic Jessica Bell (University – Rosedale) joined tenants facing unfair above-guideline rent hikes and members of the York South – Weston Tenants Union to call for a... More
June 19, 2024
NDP calls for change as residents still have no right to put ACs in homes amidst ‘heat dome’
TORONTO – Ontario NDP housing critic Jessica Bell (University– Rosedale) is sounding the alarm on dangerous red tape that is putting Ontarians at risk from extreme heat this summer in her letter to... More
June 17, 2024
Bay Cloverhill & University Town Hall
Please join me and MPP Wong-Tam at our upcoming Bay Cloverhill & University Town hall on Thursday, July 11th from 7pm-8:15pm in room 351 at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 111 Wellesley S... More
June 14, 2024
Toronto could get a new renovictions law
The City of Toronto could soon have a strong renovictions law Toronto City Council will vote on developing a new renovictions bylaw on June 26. If passed, city staff will be tasked with developing... More
June 14, 2024
Has your local school or day care failed a lead test?
An analysis by the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found that over the past four years, nearly half of Ontario’s public schools have had at least one test for toxic lead in drinking water excee... More
June 13, 2024
I fear the Conservatives' new affordable housing definition won't work
The Ford government has just quietly released its affordable housing definition that developers must meet to qualify for a fee exemption. We've been waiting nearly two years for this definition to... More
June 13, 2024