October 7, 2025
“Cruel and shortsighted”: Ford-appointed supervisor’s first big decision
hurts special education students
TORONTO – Ontario NDP MPPs Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale-High Park) and Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) joined parents and advocates at Lucy McCormick School to speak out against the decision by Doug Ford’s appointed TDSB supervisor to raise the cap on special education class sizes.“This decision will...
more »
October 7, 2025
PASMA: Majority of Ontarians want elected trustees; Ford government must stop this power grab
OTTAWA – Chandra Pasma, the Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, is calling on the Ford government to listen to the people of Ontario and withdraw Bill 33 after another poll shows most people do not support Ford’s plan to eliminate trustees.“It’s clear that no one is being fooled by the...
more »
October 7, 2025
Wong-Tam: Ford must invest in Ontario's court system
TORONTO - Ontario NDP Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam and community safety advocates held a press conference this morning, calling on the Ford government to invest in the province’s courts and keep communities safe:“When Ontarians experience a life-changing injury due to reckless driving, they...
more »
October 6, 2025
Stiles, NDP host jobs roundtable to address youth unemployment
TORONTO – Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles met with young Ontarians, experts, and community leaders for a roundtable discussion today, aimed at addressing the province’s worsening youth unemployment crisis:“Ontario is in the middle of a jobs crisis. Over 800,000 Ontarians are unemployed. Youth are hit...
more »
October 6, 2025
A strong finish to Q3: Stiles and Ontario NDP raised close to $6 million from 79,000 contributions
TORONTO — The Ontario NDP is finishing Q3 strong with $5.95 million raised in 2025 from 79,000 contributions. The Ontario NDP now has more grassroots donors than Liberals and Conservatives combined.“New Democrats have made it clear that coming second simply isn’t good enough and that they’re ready to...
more »
October 3, 2025
NDP: From overflowing classrooms to no teachers at all, this is the state of our schools under Doug Ford
OTTAWA – As more parents voice their frustrations with schools trying to make do without enough qualified, permanent teachers, NDP shadow minister for education MPP Chandra Pasma released the following...
more »
October 2, 2025
NDP demands Immediate Action Amid Kap Paper’s Indefinite Idling
KAPUSKASING - MPP Guy Bourgouin stood with municipal leaders, local unions, and residents, to show that Northern Ontarians are united in their calls for urgent action to reverse the idling of operations at Kap Paper.“Kapuskasing has always been a proud forestry town. The Ford and Carney governments cannot...
more »
October 1, 2025
Ford puts developers over Ontario home buyers
TORONTO – Today's special reports by Ontario’s auditor general revealed a stunning failure by the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) to provide home buyers with critical consumer protections, and to regulate builders. Tom Rakocevic, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service...
more »
October 1, 2025
Hotter temperatures, higher food costs: Ontarians will be stuck paying for Ford’s failure to cut emissions
TORONTO – The Auditor General's report on Greenhouse Gas emissions makes it clear that the Ford government will fail to meet the province’s 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target. Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns has issued the following statement:...
more »
October 1, 2025
ARMSTRONG: Families left behind as Auditor General warns child care targets are at risk
QUEEN’S PARK — Shadow Minister with responsibility for Child Care and Pensions, Teresa Armstrong (London–Fanshawe), says the Auditor General’s special report confirms the Ford government is failing families by putting affordable child care at...
more »
October 1, 2025
NDP: Auditor General report shows Ford has no respect for taxpayer dollars
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP is calling on the Ford government to ensure that every single dollar from the Skills Development Fund (SDF) goes to workers after Auditor General sounds the alarm about the process:“Ontario is in the middle of a Doug Ford-fueled jobs disaster.”...
more »
September 30, 2025
Ontario NDP marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, and Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa have issued the following statement to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation:“Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day,” said Mamakwa.“On this day,...
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October 7, 2025
“Cruel and shortsighted”: Ford-appointed supervisor’s first big decision
hurts special education students
TORONTO – Ontario NDP MPPs Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale-High Park) and Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) joined parents and advocates at Lucy McCormick School to speak out against the decision by Doug Ford’s appointed TDSB supervisor to raise the cap on special education class sizes.“This decision will...
more »
October 7, 2025
PASMA: Majority of Ontarians want elected trustees; Ford government must stop this power grab
OTTAWA – Chandra Pasma, the Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, is calling on the Ford government to listen to the people of Ontario and withdraw Bill 33 after another poll shows most people do not support Ford’s plan to eliminate trustees.“It’s clear that no one is being fooled by the...
more »
October 7, 2025
Wong-Tam: Ford must invest in Ontario's court system
TORONTO - Ontario NDP Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam and community safety advocates held a press conference this morning, calling on the Ford government to invest in the province’s courts and keep communities safe:“When Ontarians experience a life-changing injury due to reckless driving, they...
more »
October 6, 2025
Stiles, NDP host jobs roundtable to address youth unemployment
TORONTO – Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles met with young Ontarians, experts, and community leaders for a roundtable discussion today, aimed at addressing the province’s worsening youth unemployment crisis:“Ontario is in the middle of a jobs crisis. Over 800,000 Ontarians are unemployed. Youth are hit...
more »
October 6, 2025
A strong finish to Q3: Stiles and Ontario NDP raised close to $6 million from 79,000 contributions
TORONTO — The Ontario NDP is finishing Q3 strong with $5.95 million raised in 2025 from 79,000 contributions. The Ontario NDP now has more grassroots donors than Liberals and Conservatives combined.“New Democrats have made it clear that coming second simply isn’t good enough and that they’re ready to...
more »
October 3, 2025
NDP: From overflowing classrooms to no teachers at all, this is the state of our schools under Doug Ford
OTTAWA – As more parents voice their frustrations with schools trying to make do without enough qualified, permanent teachers, NDP shadow minister for education MPP Chandra Pasma released the following...
more »
October 2, 2025
NDP demands Immediate Action Amid Kap Paper’s Indefinite Idling
KAPUSKASING - MPP Guy Bourgouin stood with municipal leaders, local unions, and residents, to show that Northern Ontarians are united in their calls for urgent action to reverse the idling of operations at Kap Paper.“Kapuskasing has always been a proud forestry town. The Ford and Carney governments cannot...
more »
October 1, 2025
Ford puts developers over Ontario home buyers
TORONTO – Today's special reports by Ontario’s auditor general revealed a stunning failure by the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) to provide home buyers with critical consumer protections, and to regulate builders. Tom Rakocevic, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service...
more »
October 1, 2025
Hotter temperatures, higher food costs: Ontarians will be stuck paying for Ford’s failure to cut emissions
TORONTO – The Auditor General's report on Greenhouse Gas emissions makes it clear that the Ford government will fail to meet the province’s 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target. Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns has issued the following statement:...
more »
October 1, 2025
ARMSTRONG: Families left behind as Auditor General warns child care targets are at risk
QUEEN’S PARK — Shadow Minister with responsibility for Child Care and Pensions, Teresa Armstrong (London–Fanshawe), says the Auditor General’s special report confirms the Ford government is failing families by putting affordable child care at...
more »
October 1, 2025
NDP: Auditor General report shows Ford has no respect for taxpayer dollars
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP is calling on the Ford government to ensure that every single dollar from the Skills Development Fund (SDF) goes to workers after Auditor General sounds the alarm about the process:“Ontario is in the middle of a Doug Ford-fueled jobs disaster.”...
more »
September 30, 2025
Ontario NDP marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, and Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa have issued the following statement to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation:“Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day,” said Mamakwa.“On this day,...
more »" />
October 7, 2025
“Cruel and shortsighted”: Ford-appointed supervisor’s first big decision
hurts special education students
TORONTO – Ontario NDP MPPs Alexa Gilmour (Parkdale-High Park) and Jessica Bell (University-Rosedale) joined parents and advocates at Lucy McCormick School to speak out against the decision by Doug Ford’s appointed TDSB supervisor to raise the cap on special education class sizes.“This decision will...
more »
October 7, 2025
PASMA: Majority of Ontarians want elected trustees; Ford government must stop this power grab
OTTAWA – Chandra Pasma, the Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, is calling on the Ford government to listen to the people of Ontario and withdraw Bill 33 after another poll shows most people do not support Ford’s plan to eliminate trustees.“It’s clear that no one is being fooled by the...
more »
October 7, 2025
Wong-Tam: Ford must invest in Ontario's court system
TORONTO - Ontario NDP Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam and community safety advocates held a press conference this morning, calling on the Ford government to invest in the province’s courts and keep communities safe:“When Ontarians experience a life-changing injury due to reckless driving, they...
more »
October 6, 2025
Stiles, NDP host jobs roundtable to address youth unemployment
TORONTO – Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles met with young Ontarians, experts, and community leaders for a roundtable discussion today, aimed at addressing the province’s worsening youth unemployment crisis:“Ontario is in the middle of a jobs crisis. Over 800,000 Ontarians are unemployed. Youth are hit...
more »
October 6, 2025
A strong finish to Q3: Stiles and Ontario NDP raised close to $6 million from 79,000 contributions
TORONTO — The Ontario NDP is finishing Q3 strong with $5.95 million raised in 2025 from 79,000 contributions. The Ontario NDP now has more grassroots donors than Liberals and Conservatives combined.“New Democrats have made it clear that coming second simply isn’t good enough and that they’re ready to...
more »
October 3, 2025
NDP: From overflowing classrooms to no teachers at all, this is the state of our schools under Doug Ford
OTTAWA – As more parents voice their frustrations with schools trying to make do without enough qualified, permanent teachers, NDP shadow minister for education MPP Chandra Pasma released the following...
more »
October 2, 2025
NDP demands Immediate Action Amid Kap Paper’s Indefinite Idling
KAPUSKASING - MPP Guy Bourgouin stood with municipal leaders, local unions, and residents, to show that Northern Ontarians are united in their calls for urgent action to reverse the idling of operations at Kap Paper.“Kapuskasing has always been a proud forestry town. The Ford and Carney governments cannot...
more »
October 1, 2025
Ford puts developers over Ontario home buyers
TORONTO – Today's special reports by Ontario’s auditor general revealed a stunning failure by the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) to provide home buyers with critical consumer protections, and to regulate builders. Tom Rakocevic, Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service...
more »
October 1, 2025
Hotter temperatures, higher food costs: Ontarians will be stuck paying for Ford’s failure to cut emissions
TORONTO – The Auditor General's report on Greenhouse Gas emissions makes it clear that the Ford government will fail to meet the province’s 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target. Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation, and Parks Peter Tabuns has issued the following statement:...
more »
October 1, 2025
ARMSTRONG: Families left behind as Auditor General warns child care targets are at risk
QUEEN’S PARK — Shadow Minister with responsibility for Child Care and Pensions, Teresa Armstrong (London–Fanshawe), says the Auditor General’s special report confirms the Ford government is failing families by putting affordable child care at...
more »
October 1, 2025
NDP: Auditor General report shows Ford has no respect for taxpayer dollars
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP is calling on the Ford government to ensure that every single dollar from the Skills Development Fund (SDF) goes to workers after Auditor General sounds the alarm about the process:“Ontario is in the middle of a Doug Ford-fueled jobs disaster.”...
more »
September 30, 2025
Ontario NDP marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
QUEEN’S PARK — Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, and Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa have issued the following statement to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation:“Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day,” said Mamakwa.“On this day,...
more »" />