{"id":41560,"date":"2021-02-02T17:39:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T22:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=41560"},"modified":"2021-02-02T17:41:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T22:41:05","slug":"horwath-rotates-legislative-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/02\/horwath-rotates-legislative-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Horwath rotates legislative responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to creating new critic responsibilities, Official Opposition leader Andrea Horwath has shuffled legislative responsibilities within her team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryday families deserve a government that gives them hope by going all-in on stopping the spread, and they deserve a government that gives them the help they need to make it to the other side of this horrific pandemic,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cIt was with that in mind that I asked my amazing team of NDP MPPs to take on new and expanded critic responsibilities, and today, I\u2019m also asking members of our team to take on new roles within the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be constructive. We\u2019re going to be productive. We\u2019re going to make sure the legislature is focused on helping people. And when Doug Ford tries to hurt people with cuts, we\u2019re going to do everything in our power to stop him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key members of Horwath\u2019s legislative team include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>House Leader: Peggy Sattler (London West)<\/li>\n<li>Deputy House Leader: Gurratan Singh (Brampton East)<\/li>\n<li>Caucus Chair: Catherine Fife (Waterloo)<\/li>\n<li>Chief Whip: John Vanthof (Timiskaming\u2013Cochrane)<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Whip: Michael Mantha (Algoma\u2013Manitoulin)<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Whip: Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful to these folks for stepping up and taking on the extra work in these critical roles,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cI\u2019m also incredibly grateful to the mentors who have excelled in these roles and are now helping others get up to speed quickly, including our incredibly knowledgeable and capable outgoing House Leader Gilles Bisson; outgoing caucus Chair Mike Mantha, who has done a wonderful job; and outgoing Chief Whip Teresa Armstrong, who has been a phenomenal team organizer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to creating new critic responsibilities, Official Opposition leader Andrea Horwath has shuffled legislative responsibilities within her team. \u201cEveryday families deserve a government that gives them hope by going all-in on stopping the spread, and they deserve a government that gives them the help they need to make it to the other side of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":41562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 14:05:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41561,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41560\/revisions\/41561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}