Provincial NDP

The annual arrival of Labour Day offers us a chance to thank all of the working women and men who toil tirelessly to build our province and make it work every day.   There is much reason to celebrate this Monday. Decades of hard work, organizing and effort have created real progress.But ...

Queen’s Park - Dalton McGuinty’s Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) makes long weekends more expensive for families, says NDP MPP Howard Hampton. “Dalton McGuinty’s tax on gas makes family outings more expensive,” said Hampton. “Parents will have to work harder to take their families camping, to the cottage, or on ...

Dear Friends, Sisters and Brothers As we celebrate today the naming of a small piece of public space in honour of our dear friend, Julius Deutsch, it is striking how appropriate this memorial is. We all remember Julius as a tireless organizer - constantly in motion, running campaigns, providing wise ...

Queen's Park - The McGuinty Liberals are ignoring their own expert's recommendations and leaving too many Ontarians without adequate coverage for their retirement, says NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and NDP Pension Critic Paul Miller. "We were hoping to see a plan to help the two-out-of-three people in this province without ...

Queen's Park -Today’s Statistics Canada report on inflation shows that the HST is driving up the cost of living for Ontario families, says NDP Finance Critic Peter Tabuns. “Dalton McGuinty’s new tax on gas, hydro, haircuts, and everything in between is making life less affordable for Ontario families,” said Tabuns. “Today ...

Queen’s Park - NDP MPP Rosario Marchese says today’s cabinet shuffle from Dalton McGuinty will do little to help stimulate Ontario’s economy or repair the damage his government has inflicted on the people of Ontario. “Shuffling the deck isn’t going to erase the fact that McGuinty has made people’s ...

As-Salammu Alaikum (Peace be with you), On behalf of Ontario New Democrats, I extend warmest wishes to Muslims across Ontario in observing the start of the holy month of Ramadan. This month unites Muslims in fasting and prayer, as well as being an opportunity for reflection and spirituality. It is a time to ...

Queen’s Park - The McGuinty Liberals internet gambling proposal has been described by Liberals themselves as a “way to bleed money out of the most vulnerable people” and should be stopped in its tracks, says NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. “Once again, an aimless and arrogant Liberal Government ...

Queen’s Park - NDP Leader Andrea Horwath called for a moratorium on hospital restructuring until a full-scale review of Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks (LHINS) following a new damning report by Ontario’s Ombudsman. “I’m calling for a moratorium on all hospital restructuring until the full-scale review of ...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says today’s jobs numbers released Statistics Canada paint a sobering picture for Ontario families and called on McGuinty government to replace their no-strings-attached corporate tax giveaway with a focused strategy to create and protect good jobs. “This latest StatsCan report confirms what a ...

QUEEN'S PARK - NDP MPP Rosario Marchese is calling on the McGuinty Liberals to withdraw harmful anti-worker provisions that will give employers the power to intimidate workers before they can launch an employment standards complaint. "The government's changes to the employment standards complaint process will expose vulnerable workers to increased employer ...

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath and MPP Peter Kormos issue an open letter calling on the privacy Comissioner to look into alleged identity theft issues concerning the ServiceOntario web site. Read the Letter by clicking here.

Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo issues an open letter to the Ontario Auditor General asking him to investigate the PRESTO Smart Card. Read the ltter by clicking here.

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Health Critic France Gélinas has issued the following statement on the report released today by Health Canada’s Sodium Working Group: “I welcome the recommendations of the Sodium Working Group, which delivered its report today after two years of hard work. A coordinated sodium reduction strategy is ...

- OPEN LETTER - VIA FACSIMILE Hon. Deb Matthews, MPP Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 11th Floor, Hepburn Block 80 Grosvenor Street Toronto, ON M7A 2C4 Dear Minister Matthews: I am writing with regards to the emerging research on Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) and its relationship to Multiple Sclerosis (MS). For individuals who have been ...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Tourism Critic Paul Miller is appalled that Ontario’s official tourism website is hosted by a company in Michigan. “The McGuinty government can't find an Ontario company to host its own tourism website?” said Miller. “This just boggles the mind! Who’d think you’d have to connect through Michigan ...

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner is bang-on with his special report released today into the McGuinty government’s bungling of the province’s household hazardous waste management program. "The Environmental Commissioner nailed it. This was an Eco Fee-‘asco’," said NDP Environment Critic Peter Tabuns. "Plain and simple, the McGuinty government completely bungled something ...

TORONTO – Rosario Marchese, MPP for Trinity Spadina, welcomed the McGuinty government’s announcement that they are launching a survey to learn more about the experience of buying and owning a condo in Ontario. “We have been working on this issue for three years and tried to amend the Condominium Act twice, so ...

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says today’s jobs numbers released Statistics Canada paint a sobering picture for Ontario families and called on McGuinty government to replace their no-strings-attached corporate tax giveaway with a focused strategy to create and protect good jobs. “This latest StatsCan report confirms what a ...

QUEEN’S PARK – In light of ballooning costs, lengthy delays and growing skepticism about the long-term viability of the province’s PRESTO transit payment card, NDP Public Transit Critic Cheri DiNovo is demanding answers. DiNovo is urging Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne to come clean and reveal full details about the $250-million contract ...