NDP celebrates child care worker vaccine change

QUEEN’S PARKย โ€”ย Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and the NDP’s Childย Care critic Bhutila Karpocheย released the followingย statement in response to news that childย care workers are being made eligible for vaccination: “Childย care workers across Ontario have been working tirelessly throughout this pandemic to protect our

ONTARIO INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST STUNT DRIVING AND STREET RACING

The Ontario government is taking strong action to protect road users against unsafe and aggressive driving with the introduction of theย Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021, also known as the MOMS Act. The proposed legislation will introduce new measures to combat high-risk driving

Ford late to ask for help, short on support for vulnerable Ontarians: Horwath

Andrea Horwath, Official Opposition NDP Leader, released the following statement about military help for Ontario: โ€œOntario needs all the help we can get during this unprecedented health crisis. Weโ€™re grateful for any support other provinces, agencies like the Red Cross, and the Canadian

Ford Conservatives have voted no on paid sick days 25 times in 2021

Monday marked the 25th time the Doug Ford Conservative government has voted no on paid sick days. The NDP tabled a new paid sick days bill since early December 2020 โ€” one that includes government-paid sick days during a pandemic, in addition to

BRAMPTON AUTO INSURANCE CAMPAIGN COMMENCES

The City of Brampton has commenced its ‘Fair Deal for Brampton Auto Insurance’ campaign, which includes an online petition available for all Brampton residents to fill out. The petition will be used to advocate to the provincial government for better insurance rates for

Fifeโ€™s bill on diversity in government procurement blocked by Ford-NDP

QUEENโ€™S PARK โ€“ Waterloo MPP and Official Opposition NDP critic for Finance and Treasury Board Catherineย Fifeโ€™s Bill 275, which seeks to diversify government procurement and ensure the provinceโ€™s economic recovery from COVID-19 is equitable and inclusive, was shot down by the Ford government

Ontario COVID-19 Child Benefit

Starting today, our government will begin automatically providing payments to parents through the #Ontario COVID-19 Child Benefit. The program provides: ๐Ÿ”ท$400 for each child aged 0-Grade 12. ๐Ÿ”ท$500 for each child and youth aged 0-21 with special education needs Anybody who has already

Emergency letter from Mississauga MPPs to Mississauga MPs

Dear MP Peter Fonseca, MP Gagan Sikand, MP Navdeep Bains, MP Omar Alghabra, MP Iqra Khalid, and MP Sven Spengemann, Thank you for your ongoing support and collaboration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We are writing to you today on behalf of our constituents

Autism Awareness Seminar on 26th April – Gurpreet Dhillon

Autism is a developmental disorder affecting children, and many parents are unaware of what it is, and where to get help. I encourage you to tune into gurpreetsinghdhillon.com this Thursday, April 29 at 6pm for a special educational seminar.

Covid can be controlled in two ways – Amarjot Sandhu MPP

Brampton West MPP Amarjot Sandhu said that vaccination and border sealing are very important to control covid but our federal government has failed in both. He said that not only India or Pakistan but also many other countries have new variants of Covid