Les néo-démocrates ont annoncé qu’après avoir passé des années à pousser les libéraux à agir, le NPD a obtenu une augmentation du crédit d’impôt pour les pompiers volontaires et le personnel de recherche et de sauvetage. Cette augmentation du crédit d’impôt apporte une aide financière indispensable aux bénévoles qui défendent nos communautés. “Nous avons tant de héros méconnus dans le ...
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NDP secures an increase to the volunteer firefighter tax credit
New Democrats announced that, after years of pushing the Liberals to act, the NDP secured an increase to the tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue personnel. This increase to the tax credit provides much-needed financial help for the volunteers who defend our communities. “We have so many unsung heroes in Northern Ontario who give their time doing ...
Read More »Ontario NDP bill brings Ontario one step closer to declaring Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic
Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, released the following statement after the NDP’s bill to declare Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic passed second reading yesterday: “This is a welcome first step – but it’s far from the end of the line. We had almost 200 advocates, survivors, and front-line workers join us today at Queen’s Park, and they ...
Read More »From Right to Luxury: Ford’s Policies Destroying Rural Ontario’s Healthcare
Official Opposition NDP Health critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) released the following statement highlighting the horrendous state of healthcare in rural and Northern Ontario under the leadership of Premier Ford: “After six years, Premier Ford’s neglect has plunged Northern Ontario’s healthcare into a crisis state with no signs of improvement. In Sault Ste. Marie, 10,000 people will lose access to ...
Read More »NDP Calls Out Ford Government for Turning Back on Hundreds of Terrace Bay Workers
Thunder Bay—Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois called out the Ford Conservatives for abandoning the people of Terrace Bay and Schreiber after the Premier suggested the recently closed Terrace Bay Mill was “unlikely to open.” “Premier Ford’s failure to intervene in the closure of the Terrace Bay Mill is a betrayal to the hardworking people of northern Ontario,” stated Vaugeois. “Despite ...
Read More »NDP: If you’re looking for change, Ford’s budget is not for you
Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, says Ford’s 2024 Provincial Budget is a missed opportunity for much-needed change. “If you’re looking for change, Ford’s budget is not for you,” said Stiles. “People are looking for better health care and homes they can afford. Instead, they got an uninspired statement from a government that is out of touch and ...
Read More »Un programme national d’alimentation scolaire pour les enfants du Nord de l’Ontario s’impose depuis longtemps
Vendredi, le NPD du Canada a exhorté les libéraux à mettre en place un programme national d’alimentation scolaire dans le cadre du prochain budget fédéral, le 16 avril. En ce moment, la fréquentation des banques alimentaires à travers le pays est à son plus haut niveau depuis 1989 et plus d’un million d’enfants vivent dans la pauvreté. À Sault Ste. Marie, on rapporte ...
Read More »A national school lunch program for Northern Ontario kids is long overdue, says Canada’s NDP
On Friday, Canada’s NDP called on the Liberals to deliver a National School Lunch program in the upcoming federal budget on April 16th. Right now, food bank usage across the country is at its highest level since 1989 and more than one million children are living in poverty. In Sault Ste. Marie, a food bank is reportedly running out of food due to high ...
Read More »NDP delivers free contraception and diabetes drugs as the first step in medication coverage for Northern Ontarians
On Thursday, New Democrats delivered a framework for the next steps of universal pharmacare for Canadians. As a first step, the NDP has forced the government to cover contraception and diabetes medications and devices free-of-charge for everyone who needs it. These measures can save women around $200 a year for contraception and around $1,500 per year for those impacted by ...
Read More »Le NPD obtient la gratuité des contraceptifs et des médicaments contre le diabète, première étape vers la couverture complète pour les gens du Nord de l’Ontario
Plus tard cette semaine, les néo-démocrates présenteront un cadre pour les prochaines étapes de l’assurance-médicaments universelle pour les Canadiennes et Canadiens. Dans un premier temps, le NPD a forcé le gouvernement à couvrir gratuitement les médicaments contraceptifs, les médicaments et les appareils pour le traitement du diabète pour toutes les personnes qui en ont besoin. Ces mesures peuvent permettre aux ...
Read More »NDP: Conservative cuts leading to highest increase in EI recipients of any province
Official Opposition NDP critic for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), and Labour critic Jamie West (Sudbury) are calling out the Ford Conservatives’ lack of action to address the significant surge of people relying on Employment Insurance (EI) in Ontario. The number of Ontarians on EI skyrocketed by 34,000 in 2023, a 32% increase and ...
Read More »Mamakwa sets NDP legislative priorities in North prior to session: affordability, highway safety, stopping job cuts
Official Opposition Ontario NDP are heading into the upcoming legislative session focused on practical solutions for issues facing Northern communities: “Communities in Northern Ontario have always faced unique challenges, and things have only gotten worse under this government,” said Sol Mamakwa, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition NDP. “Increased cost of living, food insecurity, and unaffordable housing significantly add to ...
Read More »Ontario families deserve justice for Conservative LTC failures during COVID-19
MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls), Official Opposition critic for Long-Term Care (LTC) released the following statement in response to Ford’s Conservatives facing a lawsuit for negligence in LTC during the COVID-19 pandemic: “Conservative failures in Long Term Care led to thousands of preventable deaths during the pandemic. The Conservatives knew that our friends, parents, and grandparents in LTC were vulnerable, ...
Read More »Le député néo-démocrate Charlie Angus dénonce la publicité trompeuse des grandes sociétés pétrolières
Mardi, le député néo-démocrate Charlie Angus (Timmins-Baie James) a discuté de son projet de loi visant à mettre fin à la publicité et à la promotion trompeuses des combustibles fossiles au Canada. Cette initiative fait suite à la publication de documents révélant que les grandes sociétés pétrolières connaissaient la nocivité de leurs produits depuis 1954, mais qu’elles ont tout de ...
Read More »NDP MP Charlie Angus takes on Big Oil’s misleading advertising
On Tuesday, NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) discussed his private member’s bill to stop the misleading advertising and promotion of fossil fuels in Canada. The move comes after documents revealed that Big Oil knew the harm to their products as far back at 1954 but still spent billions of dollars in advertising campaigns to mislead the public and cover ...
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