This week at Queen’s Park rather than defeating the budget we listened to thousands of Ontarians and worked to improve the budget. Through hard work and determination we won some serious and important concessions including $20 million for northern and rural healthcare and a tax on our [Read more]
The General Chairperson’s Association (GCA) which represents all unionized employees at Ontario Northland is pleased by NDP Leader Andrea Horwath’s statement today outlining her Party’s demands for supporting the McGuinty Government’s Budget that includes keeping the ONTC in public hands. [Read more]
It has been a little over a week since the Liberal Budget was announced. Since then my NDP colleagues and I have been asking for your feedback. In that time, we have heard from over 38,000 Ontarians. Out of the thousands of concerns we have heard about, it’s clear that many Ontarians are very [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Today in question period, Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha called on the government to address mounting worries about funding to hospitals in small northern communities “Constituents in my riding are concerned about their local hospital services. Hospitals in my riding [Read more]
On the budget – your say counts Families have been telling me in recent months that their biggest concerns are jobs, healthcare and the cost of living. The budget announced by the Liberal government does not do nearly enough to address these priorities. There are nearly 600,000 people looking for [Read more]
