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L’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario a ajourné ses travaux à la suite d’une session sans précédent au cours de laquelle tous les partis ont collaboré pour lutter contre la COVID-19. Depuis la reprise des travaux parlementaires en février, l’Assemblée législative a adopté 18 projets de loi, y compris des mesures d’urgence nécessaires pour protéger la santé publique et se préparer à ...

After the Doug Ford government abruptly shut down the Ontario legislature Tuesday, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the entire sitting was a lost opportunity to help people make it through COVID-19. “We could have used this session to make seniors safer in long-term care, including adding more workers for every shift, and making their jobs full-time and better paid,” said ...

On July 21, 2020 at approximately 11:30 pm members of the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 East. A motor vehicle travelling westbound left the roadway and entered the median where the vehicle rolled. The driver of the motor vehicle was ...

Tom Rakocevic, Ontario NDP Auto Insurance critic, is calling on the Ford government to stop letting auto insurers gouge Ontarians, as drivers get handed huge rate increases mid-pandemic.   The Ford government has refused to require auto insurers to provide discounts during the pandemic as accidents and driving plunged. Now the quarterly update on auto insurance rates is overdue and ...

The Ontario government released its final bait management strategy to protect the province’s lakes and rivers from the threat of invasive species and fish diseases. As part of this new strategy, the government will be establishing four bait management zones to limit the movement of live bait across the province. “It is critically important to protect and preserve our lakes ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a rendu publique la version finale d’une stratégie concernant les appâts qui vise à protéger les lacs et rivières des dangers des espèces envahissantes et des maladies des poissons. Dans le cadre de cette nouvelle stratégie, le gouvernement établira 4 zones de gestion des appâts afin de limiter le mouvement des appâts vivants dans l’ensemble de ...

The Ontario government announced a new innovative Accelerated Build Pilot Program that will enable the construction of two new long-term care homes in Mississauga in a matter of months, not years. By working with Trillium Health Partners and Infrastructure Ontario, the province intends to add up to 640 new long-term care beds by 2021. The pilot program is part of ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé le nouveau Programme pilote d’accélération de la construction, une initiative novatrice visant à mettre rapidement en chantier deux nouveaux foyers de soins de longue durée à Mississauga, en quelques mois seulement, plutôt qu’en plusieurs années. En collaboration avec l’organisme Trillium Health Partners et Infrastructure Ontario, la province entend ainsi aménager jusqu’à 640 nouveaux lits ...

NDP Official Opposition House Leader Gilles Bisson (Timmins) has issued the following statement:   “Doug Ford has abruptly shut down the Ontario legislature for the summer after ramming through legislation that will do nothing to help Ontarians dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 health and economic crisis people across the province are still dealing with. Andrea Horwath and the NDP wanted ...

Dear Brenda,   The Northern Policy Institute (NPI) recently published a report titled “The Thin Case for Passenger Rail in Ontario’s Northern Regions” which has left me in a state a profound dismay and disappointment. It contains some very misleading information and does little to improve sustainable transportation options desired by Northerners.   The document in question attempts to undermine ...

  NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) will table a motion in the Legislature on Monday, urging the Ford government to immediately implement a COVID-19 Essential Caregiver Strategy that recognizes essential caregivers as more than just visitors, and gives residents in long-term care, groups homes and all congregate care settings the right to fully access their essential caregivers and support ...

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on the government to conduct an independent Preparedness Review of the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Ontario’s readiness for a potential second wave.   “People and small businesses are doing their part to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19, but is the government doing everything it can to shield us against the health ...

The Ontario government is allowing seven more regions to enter Stage 3 on Friday, increasing the number of businesses and public spaces that will reopen across the province. This decision was made in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and is based on positive local trends of key public health indicators, including lower or low transmission of COVID-19, ...

Le gouvernement autorise sept autres régions de la province à passer à la troisième étape du déconfinement ce vendredi, ce qui permettra à un plus grand nombre d’entreprises et de lieux publics de rouvrir aux quatre coins de l’Ontario. Prise en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef, cette décision se fonde sur les tendances positives des principaux indicateurs de ...

It is wonderful to be able to get out and about again after being cooped up for so long, even after the winter season ended. People are delighted to finally enjoy opportunities to get out to see and speak to people they have been forced to avoid because the COVID-19 epidemic. The good news is that, in general, people are ...