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Strong pandemic response doesn’t have to be either / or. We can support businesses through closures that will ultimately help save lives. Add your name to call for a pandemic response that supports people to seat safe, and businesses to stay afloat: ontariondp.ca/ontarians-need-support

The Green New Democratic Deal will meet the Climate Crisis head on. Done right, it will provide one million jobs and one billion dollars of economic activity. The NDP is the party for climate, jobs and hope.

Ontario has set new, horrifying records in COVID cases this week. Our Premier was caught lying about listening to health experts and pushing forward with a dangerous plan. We deserve better from this government.

Why is that money not being spent on where it is needed? Especially in a time like this!!!!!!!!!!

Our plan supports publicly funded home care that lets people stay in their own homes longer. Read here for the full plan on a new public, not-for-profit long term care system. Ontariondp.ca/longtermcare

Today we were joined by Cathy Parkes who lost her father to COVID-19 in Long-term care. No one should go through what Cathy and her family, and so many others h...ave had to endure. It doesn't have to be this way. We need a new, public and non-profit system where every dollar goes directly to residents not to corporate profits. Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP have a plan to make that vision a reality: www.ontariondp.ca/longtermcare See more

Liberal and Conservative governments have allowed the conditions in long-term care in Ontario to get worse and worse. Tomorrow, I'll be announcing a sweeping plan to overhaul long-term care in Ontario and improve access and quality.

Wayne Gates As COVID soars, it's important we take steps to stop this before all of our hard work is done - but restaurants cannot survive this step without support. Premier Ford must immediately release funds to help any business affected by the moves that Niagara Regions Public Health department must take to stop the rapid spread of COVID.... https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca//public-health-orders-

Ford didn’t act on the first wave, and as a result the second wave is even deadlier. You deserves a plan that is based on health expertise, and you deserve a government that’s honest about it.

"Five Black politicians have changed the face of Ontario politics" We are incredibly proud and honoured to have Jill Andrew - MPP, Toronto-St.Paul's, Rima Berns-McGown, Faisal Hassan NDP, Laura Mae Lindo and Kevin Yarde in our caucus.

Investigative reporting shows a promise of $1.3 billion of new education funding just isn’t true. Instead of fudging numbers to show new funding, Ford could just deploy more of the $6.3 billon of federal COVID support funding he is withholding.

A real worry for us all - and as the Offical Opposition - without being invited to ever be part of making positive suggestions on the way forward (there is NO c...o sultstion from the Ford Conservatives!) the NDP are left to make sure we know the challenge in front of us - and our job is to support them - and doctors - and experts - who are calling out this mistake and demanding it gets FIXED before more people die..... See more

Ford has said that the government's biggest priority is keeping people safe, but time and time again when faced with the ability to do so his government puts up... road blocks in the name of saving money. Demand Ford's conservatives finally start putting people first: www.ontariondp.ca/second-wave See more

People over profits. Always. We've done our part to protect our communities against the spread of COVID. We've made sacrifices, missed birthdays, weddings, and ...time with our loved ones. Now it's time for the Ford government to do its part. It's time to hold for-profit companies accountable. Instead, the Ford government has created bigger fines for individuals than for-profit long-term care companies. We need a just recovery. Add your name to demand people come before profits.

Women are more likely to be employed in front-line work during the pandemic, but many have been left out of expanded pandemic pay, do not have paid sick days, a...nd work jobs with gendered wage gaps. Legislating paid sick days, increasing wages for PSWs, and ensuring the Ontario government respects the Human Rights Tribunal directive to close the pay gap faced by midwives are vital to a She-covery. See more

Women entrepreneurs and small business owners have seen more losses than their male counterparts during the recession. There are many reasons for this, most de...monstrate the importance for a gender equity lens to be applied when making economic decisions. For example, did you know business owners can write off golf memberships as a business expense but not childcare? There are several policies that disproportionately impact women entrepreneurs that need to be addressed. See more