Politics

On Thursday, Canada’s NDP leader Jagmeet Singh laid out a plan to ban renovictions to make rent more affordable across the country. Singh’s NDP is proposing federal incentives to force municipalities to legislate a renoviction ban. Hamilton is the first city in Ontario to adopt such a ban and London may soon be the second. Singh was in London Thursday ...

The Northern Ontario Women’s (NOW) Caucus members have elected their inaugural Executive Committee. Executive Committee: Cheryl Fort – President at Large (Hornepayne) Lindsay Koch – Vice-President, NOMA Region (Kenora) Wendy Landry – Vice-President, NOMA Region (Shuniah) Michelle Boileau – Vice-President, FONOM Region (Timmins) Melanie Pilon – Vice-President, FONOM Region (Wawa) Johanne Baril – Vice-President, Communities Under 2,500 (Val Rita-Harty) Catherine ...

Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles responded to Infrastructure Ontario posting a “Request for Proposal” for an interim Science Centre: “No one is buying Ford’s excuses for permanently closing our Science Centre; we all know it’s about sweetening the deal for his luxury spa at Ontario Place. Now we see the government planning to build an interim Science Centre for a ...

Wildfires are raging in Ontario, and the province is short-staffed by 25%, but Doug Ford and his government are backing away from an earlier commitment to reclassify Wildland Firefighters to Firefighters. “It’s peak wildfire season and the province doesn’t have enough forest firefighters to send to each burning location. That means we are choosing which fires to put out and ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at Isabel Fletcher Public School. As per provincial Ministry of Education guidance, an outbreak is declared in a school once it has been determined that within a 14-day period, two individuals tested positive for COVID-19 and: at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the school setting; ...

Well, as of June 21st, with the onset of the summer solstice, we can finally say that summer is officially here.  My colleagues in Queen’s Park said they thought it had already set in, but then Premier Ford announced an emergency recall of MPPs to attend to what he said was an urgent matter.  So urgent, in fact, that the ...

Eh bien, depuis le 21 juin, avec le début du solstice d’été, nous pouvons enfin dire que l’été est officiellement là. Mes collègues de Queen’s Park ont ​​dit qu’ils pensaient que cela s’était déjà commencé, mais le premier ministre Ford a ensuite annoncé un rappel d’urgence des députés pour s’occuper de ce qu’il a dit être une affaire urgente. Si ...

The challenges related to homelessness for women, girls, and gender diverse people aren’t insurmountable, but they are different than those for men, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes delivered a statement in parliament citing the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network who call homelessness amongst women, girls, and gender diverse peoples in Canada a crisis hiding in plain sight. ...

Les défis liés à l’itinérance pour les femmes, les filles et les personnes de divers genres ne sont pas insurmontables, mais ils sont différents de ceux vécus par les hommes, selon Carol Hughes, députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. Mme Hughes a prononcé un discours devant le Parlement, dans lequel elle citait le Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network, qui qualifie l’itinérance chez les femmes, les ...

Avez-vous déjà été à la Heritage Railway and Carousel Company à North Bay? C’est vraiment cool. Chaque année, avant la pandémie, bien sûr, l’attraction recevait plus de 100000 visiteurs s’arrêter pour prendre le train miniature ainsi qu’un carrousel vraiment classique. C’est classique dans le vrai sens du terme. Il s’agit d’une reconstruction d’un carrousel original de 1908, avec des chevaux ...

Have you ever been to the Heritage Railway and Carousel Company in North Bay?  It’s pretty cool.  Each year, prior to the pandemic of course, the attraction sees over 100,000 visitors stop by to ride the miniature train as well as a truly classic carousel. It is classic in the truest sense of the word.  It is a rebuild of ...

On Thursday, May 27th during the Question Period NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) secured a commitment from the Liberal government to address the worsening COVID-19 crisis in Northern Ontario. “Over the last week, the city of Timmins and the community of Moosonee declared a state of emergency over the spike in COVID,” said Angus in the House of Commons, ...

With vision threatening conditions projected to increase by as much as 29% over the next decade, it’s time for parliament to help shape a comprehensive strategy that can put a dent in that trajectory.  That is the message that Carol Hughes is sharing with parliamentarians as she encourages them to get behind her motion to develop a National Strategy for ...

Alors que l’on prévoit une augmentation de 29 % des troubles de la vue au cours de la prochaine décennie, il est temps que le Parlement participe à l’élaboration d’une stratégie globale susceptible d’infléchir cette trajectoire.  C’est le message que Carol Hughes transmet aux parlementaires en les encourageant à soutenir sa motion visant à élaborer une stratégie nationale d’action pour ...

Suze Morrison, MPP for Toronto Centre and NDP critic for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls response, issued the following statement on the tragic murder of Cileana Taylor, a young Annishnaabe woman from Curve Lake First Nation: “I want to express my sorrow and anger at the loss of Cileana Taylor. I offer my sincerest condolences to Cileana’s family, ...