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February 23, 2026 Ford’s Northern neglect leads to another ER closure QUEEN’S PARK - Harmful decisions, one after the other by Ford and his conservatives have now resulted in another emergency room to close its doors, this time in Thessalon. NDP critic for health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) released the following... more » February 23, 2026 “People are scared”: 5,000 London jobs lost in January alone LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say the loss of roughly 5,000 jobs in the London region in a single month is a devastating hit to families already struggling to keep up with the cost of... more » February 23, 2026 NDP stands with students to Save OSAP QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles stood alongside Ontario students and advocates this morning, continuing the NDP’s call for Doug Ford to reverse the cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).“Doug Ford’s OSAP cuts couldn’t have come at a worse time for Ontario’s... more » February 20, 2026 FIFE: Low business confidence should be a major wake-up call for Ford QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife (Waterloo), says the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s latest report confirms what businesses and workers across the province are already deeply... more » February 18, 2026 London NDP MPPs Slam Ford’s Underfunding as Fanshawe Cuts Threaten Jobs and Students LONDON – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities Peggy Sattler (London West), MPP Teresa Armstrong (London – Fanshawe) and MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) have released the joint statement following reports of program and funding cuts at London’s Fanshawe... more » February 18, 2026 Ontario NDP launches "Save OSAP" campaign as Ford hands students a "lifetime debt sentence" QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP are fighting back against Doug Ford’s latest attack on post-secondary education, launching the Save OSAP campaign to stop a plan that leaves young people behind:“Ontario’s young people are... more » February 13, 2026 GRETZKY: Ford’s deal with Diageo leaves workers out in the cold WINDSOR — Doug Ford may be celebrating his deal with Diageo, but NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says it’s unacceptable that the government continues to cast workers from the Amherstburg plant aside:“A commitment by Diageo to some investment in Ontario is a start, but this does nothing for the 200... more » February 13, 2026 STILES: Home care patients died in pain on Ford’s watch QUEEN’S PARK — After a Freedom of Information request by The Trillium revealed the true extent of Ontario Health atHome’s 2024 supply shortage, Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles blasted the Ford government for leaving home care workers with inadequate supplies, causing patients to die in... more » February 12, 2026 NDP MPPs call out Ford’s health care cuts in Sudbury SUDBURY – NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) and MPP Gélinas (Nickel Belt) have released the following joint statement in response to the threat of losing 135 frontline health care workers and 35 hospital beds in... more » February 12, 2026 NDP: Doug Ford’s jobs disaster claims 50 more jobs lost in London as manufacturing work shifts to the U.S LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say it is outrageous that about 50 London Machinery workers are waking up this morning without jobs while production shifts to a U.S. plant to avoid tariffs, leaving London... more » February 12, 2026 NDP: Ford's tuition hike plan will hurt the next generation of Ontarians QUEEN’S PARK – Peggy Sattler, Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities, says the Ford government is asking students and families to pay more for education at a time when young people are already struggling to afford rent, food, and basic living costs."Under Doug Ford’s watch, young people simply... more » February 11, 2026 NDP: $10.7 billion gap exposes Ford’s dangerous plan for Ontario’s health care QUEEN’S PARK – Dr. Robin Lennox, Shadow Minister for Primary Care, and France Gélinas, Shadow Minister for Health, say today’s Financial Accountability Office report confirms what the province is already seeing, that the Ford government’s health care plan is actively damaging Ontario’s health system and... more »" /> February 23, 2026 Ford’s Northern neglect leads to another ER closure QUEEN’S PARK - Harmful decisions, one after the other by Ford and his conservatives have now resulted in another emergency room to close its doors, this time in Thessalon. NDP critic for health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) released the following... more » February 23, 2026 “People are scared”: 5,000 London jobs lost in January alone LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say the loss of roughly 5,000 jobs in the London region in a single month is a devastating hit to families already struggling to keep up with the cost of... more » February 23, 2026 NDP stands with students to Save OSAP QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles stood alongside Ontario students and advocates this morning, continuing the NDP’s call for Doug Ford to reverse the cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).“Doug Ford’s OSAP cuts couldn’t have come at a worse time for Ontario’s... more » February 20, 2026 FIFE: Low business confidence should be a major wake-up call for Ford QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife (Waterloo), says the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s latest report confirms what businesses and workers across the province are already deeply... more » February 18, 2026 London NDP MPPs Slam Ford’s Underfunding as Fanshawe Cuts Threaten Jobs and Students LONDON – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities Peggy Sattler (London West), MPP Teresa Armstrong (London – Fanshawe) and MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) have released the joint statement following reports of program and funding cuts at London’s Fanshawe... more » February 18, 2026 Ontario NDP launches "Save OSAP" campaign as Ford hands students a "lifetime debt sentence" QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP are fighting back against Doug Ford’s latest attack on post-secondary education, launching the Save OSAP campaign to stop a plan that leaves young people behind:“Ontario’s young people are... more » February 13, 2026 GRETZKY: Ford’s deal with Diageo leaves workers out in the cold WINDSOR — Doug Ford may be celebrating his deal with Diageo, but NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says it’s unacceptable that the government continues to cast workers from the Amherstburg plant aside:“A commitment by Diageo to some investment in Ontario is a start, but this does nothing for the 200... more » February 13, 2026 STILES: Home care patients died in pain on Ford’s watch QUEEN’S PARK — After a Freedom of Information request by The Trillium revealed the true extent of Ontario Health atHome’s 2024 supply shortage, Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles blasted the Ford government for leaving home care workers with inadequate supplies, causing patients to die in... more » February 12, 2026 NDP MPPs call out Ford’s health care cuts in Sudbury SUDBURY – NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) and MPP Gélinas (Nickel Belt) have released the following joint statement in response to the threat of losing 135 frontline health care workers and 35 hospital beds in... more » February 12, 2026 NDP: Doug Ford’s jobs disaster claims 50 more jobs lost in London as manufacturing work shifts to the U.S LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say it is outrageous that about 50 London Machinery workers are waking up this morning without jobs while production shifts to a U.S. plant to avoid tariffs, leaving London... more » February 12, 2026 NDP: Ford's tuition hike plan will hurt the next generation of Ontarians QUEEN’S PARK – Peggy Sattler, Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities, says the Ford government is asking students and families to pay more for education at a time when young people are already struggling to afford rent, food, and basic living costs."Under Doug Ford’s watch, young people simply... more » February 11, 2026 NDP: $10.7 billion gap exposes Ford’s dangerous plan for Ontario’s health care QUEEN’S PARK – Dr. Robin Lennox, Shadow Minister for Primary Care, and France Gélinas, Shadow Minister for Health, say today’s Financial Accountability Office report confirms what the province is already seeing, that the Ford government’s health care plan is actively damaging Ontario’s health system and... more »" /> February 23, 2026 Ford’s Northern neglect leads to another ER closure QUEEN’S PARK - Harmful decisions, one after the other by Ford and his conservatives have now resulted in another emergency room to close its doors, this time in Thessalon. NDP critic for health MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) and MPP Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre) released the following... more » February 23, 2026 “People are scared”: 5,000 London jobs lost in January alone LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say the loss of roughly 5,000 jobs in the London region in a single month is a devastating hit to families already struggling to keep up with the cost of... more » February 23, 2026 NDP stands with students to Save OSAP QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles stood alongside Ontario students and advocates this morning, continuing the NDP’s call for Doug Ford to reverse the cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).“Doug Ford’s OSAP cuts couldn’t have come at a worse time for Ontario’s... more » February 20, 2026 FIFE: Low business confidence should be a major wake-up call for Ford QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Catherine Fife (Waterloo), says the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s latest report confirms what businesses and workers across the province are already deeply... more » February 18, 2026 London NDP MPPs Slam Ford’s Underfunding as Fanshawe Cuts Threaten Jobs and Students LONDON – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities Peggy Sattler (London West), MPP Teresa Armstrong (London – Fanshawe) and MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) have released the joint statement following reports of program and funding cuts at London’s Fanshawe... more » February 18, 2026 Ontario NDP launches "Save OSAP" campaign as Ford hands students a "lifetime debt sentence" QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP are fighting back against Doug Ford’s latest attack on post-secondary education, launching the Save OSAP campaign to stop a plan that leaves young people behind:“Ontario’s young people are... more » February 13, 2026 GRETZKY: Ford’s deal with Diageo leaves workers out in the cold WINDSOR — Doug Ford may be celebrating his deal with Diageo, but NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says it’s unacceptable that the government continues to cast workers from the Amherstburg plant aside:“A commitment by Diageo to some investment in Ontario is a start, but this does nothing for the 200... more » February 13, 2026 STILES: Home care patients died in pain on Ford’s watch QUEEN’S PARK — After a Freedom of Information request by The Trillium revealed the true extent of Ontario Health atHome’s 2024 supply shortage, Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles blasted the Ford government for leaving home care workers with inadequate supplies, causing patients to die in... more » February 12, 2026 NDP MPPs call out Ford’s health care cuts in Sudbury SUDBURY – NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) and MPP Gélinas (Nickel Belt) have released the following joint statement in response to the threat of losing 135 frontline health care workers and 35 hospital beds in... more » February 12, 2026 NDP: Doug Ford’s jobs disaster claims 50 more jobs lost in London as manufacturing work shifts to the U.S LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), and Peggy Sattler (London West) say it is outrageous that about 50 London Machinery workers are waking up this morning without jobs while production shifts to a U.S. plant to avoid tariffs, leaving London... more » February 12, 2026 NDP: Ford's tuition hike plan will hurt the next generation of Ontarians QUEEN’S PARK – Peggy Sattler, Shadow Minister for Colleges and Universities, says the Ford government is asking students and families to pay more for education at a time when young people are already struggling to afford rent, food, and basic living costs."Under Doug Ford’s watch, young people simply... more » February 11, 2026 NDP: $10.7 billion gap exposes Ford’s dangerous plan for Ontario’s health care QUEEN’S PARK – Dr. Robin Lennox, Shadow Minister for Primary Care, and France Gélinas, Shadow Minister for Health, say today’s Financial Accountability Office report confirms what the province is already seeing, that the Ford government’s health care plan is actively damaging Ontario’s health system and... more »" />