November 25, 2020
Health experts sidelined as delays and conflicts leave COVID-19 to spread
NDP response to COVID-19 audit by Ontario’s Auditor General QUEEN’S PARK — A new report by Ontario’s Auditor General reveals unpreparedness, delays and conflicts... More
November 24, 2020
Toronto MPPs' bill urges Ontario to prepare for climate crisis
TORONTO — NDP MPPs Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) and Peter Tabuns (Toronto—Danforth) introduced a bill urging Ontario to establish a series of action plans to prepare for and m... More
November 24, 2020
NDP motion passes: legislature condemns McVety’s hate-speech, opposes Ford’s deal to make CCC a university
QUEEN’S PARK — An NDP motion condemning Doug Ford’s move to give Charles McVety the right to grant university degrees has passed. Every last PC MPP who registered a vote backed the Ford... More
November 20, 2020
AG confirms Ford content to destroy climate as favour to insiders
QUEEN'S PARK — NDP Climate Crisis critic Peter Tabuns and Environment critic Ian Arthur released this statement in response to the Ontario Auditor General’s report of the Ford government's handling... More
November 20, 2020
MPP urges Ford to enforce commercial eviction ban as Kensington Market businesses forced to close
TORONTO — NDP MPP Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) is calling on the Ford government to immediately enforce and expand a ban on commercial evictions to protect small businesses. Bell ... More
November 20, 2020
Hatfield: Action needed now to protect migrant workers during the second wave
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Percy Hatfield (Windsor—Tecumseh) has demanded immediate action from the Ford government to protect migrant agri-food workers during the second wave of the pandemic. In the f... More
November 20, 2020
Transgender Day of Remembrance: NDP Leader and LGBTQ critic statements
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath on Transgender Day of Remembrance QUEEN'S PARK – "On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honour the memory of those who have died because of Transphobic violence, hate... More
November 18, 2020
Cap class sizes to avoid school shutdown again: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK — With Doug Ford now admitting he’s considering school closures again, the NDP is urging the Ford government to take action and invest in the safety of students and school staff. NDP E... More
November 18, 2020
Ontario's poor score on energy efficiency Ford's fault, people will pay
QUEEN'S PARK — Ontario NDP critic for Energy and The Climate Crisis Peter Tabuns says a new report evaluating the provinces' energy efficiency gives Ontario a shameful score of 45 out of 100, confi... More
November 16, 2020
NDP urges Ford to crack down on illegal evictions
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Jessica Bell’s (University—Rosedale) private member’s bill, Protecting Renters from Illegal Evictions Act, went to second reading in the Ontario legislature Monday. The bill ... More
November 13, 2020