Horwath calls for financial supports for workers and business affected by closures

Horwath calls for financial supports for workers and business affected by closures

HAMILTON โ€” As Peel and Toronto begin to close workplaces with active COVID-19 outbreaks of five or more cases, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the Ford government to immediately compensate workers for lost pay, and help businesses survive the

Premier apologizes for recent lockdown measures and promises sick pay benefits are coming

Premier apologizes for recent lockdown measures and promises sick pay benefits are coming

Ontario Premier Doug Ford apologized to Ontarians Thursday morning, days after his government faced intense backlash for introducing a number of additional COVID-19 restrictions that were not recommended by health experts and then nixed earlier this week. The province was trying to curb

Horwath responds to Fordโ€™s continued refusal to act to stop third wave devastation

Horwath responds to Fordโ€™s continued refusal to act to stop third wave devastation

QUEENโ€™S PARK โ€” NDP Leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement: โ€œOn Friday, Doug Ford set people up to be ravaged by the third wave. Today, he didnโ€™t give them anything to save them. We cannot take any more of the delays, half-measures

Mobile Vaccinenation Clinics to launch in Peel Region For 18+ Residents

Mobile Vaccinenation Clinics to launch in Peel Region For 18+ Residents

Workplace mobile vaccine clinics for 18+ residents will be launching in Brampton and other Peel Region hot spots to vaccinate essential workers and surrounding communities. Companies to hold clinics: ๐Ÿ”ท Maple Lodge Farms ๐Ÿ”ท Maple Leaf Foods ๐Ÿ”ท Amazon Canada

“Budget 2021 โ€“ A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience”-MP SAHOTA

“Budget 2021 โ€“ A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience”-MP SAHOTA

Brampton, ON โ€“ Mrs. Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for Brampton North recognizes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, for being the first female Minister of Finance to table a federal budget and applauds the Government of Canadaโ€™s

NDP MPPs call for Bramptonโ€™s fair share of vaccines as COVID-19 positivity skyrockets

NDP MPPs call for Bramptonโ€™s fair share of vaccines as COVID-19 positivity skyrockets

BRAMPTON โ€” With the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive in Brampton exploding again, Bramptonโ€™s NDP MPPs Gurratan Singh (Brampton East), Sara Singh (Brampton Centre) and Kevin Yarde (Brampton North) are calling on the Ford government to rush more vaccines to their

Doug Fordโ€™s terrible record on paid sick days for workers-NDP

Doug Fordโ€™s terrible record on paid sick days for workers-NDP

QUEENโ€™S PARK – Doug Ford has never supported paid sick days. He even went out of his way to speak against the federal program while not bringing in provincial paid sick days, and spent the spring attacking any notion of provincial paid sick

24/7 AstraZeneca vaccines now available : Councillor Dhillon

24/7 AstraZeneca vaccines now available : Councillor Dhillon

Regional Councillor Gurpreet Dhillon told to GTA News Media that 24/7 AstraZeneca vaccines now available for 40 years of age and older at select Shoppers Drug Marts. Book online at https://covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations

Horwathย plans to putย paid sick daysย to a vote, Ford government tries to prevent vote

Horwathย plans to putย paid sick daysย to a vote, Ford government tries to prevent vote

Ford government threatening procedural blockades to try to block paid sick days motion QUEENโ€™S PARK โ€”ย For months Doug Ford and his PC MPPs have been refusing the paid sick days plan called for by countless experts and workers alongsideย Andrea Horwath andย theย Ontario NDP. But

COUNCILLOR DHILLON TO CO-HOST VIRTUAL AUTISM AWARENESS SEMINAR ON 29TH APRIL

COUNCILLOR DHILLON TO CO-HOST VIRTUAL AUTISM AWARENESS SEMINAR ON 29TH APRIL

ย Regional Councillor Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, in collaboration with the autism advocacy groups โ€˜ASDiariesโ€™ and โ€˜Sikhs for Autismโ€™ will be hosting an Autism Awareness Seminar for the South Asian and broader communities to tackle stigmas, and provide education and awareness. Panelists will include: Baljit