NDP candidates announce plan to reduce gridlock for Brampton drivers

BRAMPTON — An Ontario NDP government will immediately eliminate tolls on Highway 407 for all trucks and transport vehicles, reducing gridlock, shortening commute times and making commuting less expensive for Brampton drivers.

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SAULT STE. MARIE – NDP leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement of thanks to CUPE/SCFP Ontario President Fred Hahn, Secretary-Treasurer Yolanda McClean and the 280,000 public sector workers represented by CUPE Ontario, Ontario’s largest union, for their endorsement:

“I’m filled with joy...

SAULT STE. MARIE – NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has a plan for higher wages, lower costs, and more respect for workers on the job.

“Everyday workers need to be able to afford everyday life. Together, we can lift wages up, bring costs down, and respect and protect working people,” said Horwath.

“I’m...

Doug Ford’s Conservative mandate letters should have been released publicly four years ago. They should be released today, immediately.

But make no mistake: Ontarians saw exactly what Doug Ford told his ministers to do, with no mandate from Ontarians to do it:

Cut.

The Conservatives cut...

The Ford/Del Duca gas scheme protects the oil companies, won’t guarantee lower gas prices and only rewards big oil who will continue to gouge drivers.

Andrea has a plan to permanently cap gas prices and stop the gouging at the pump, laid out clearly in the...

“Andrea’s greatest strength is meeting people and connecting with them where they’re at. She listens, she cares, and it shows. We’re really disappointed that we’re going to lose that for a few days.

That said, we have always had contingency plans for this campaign, knowing that COVID is still among...

SAULT STE. MARIE – NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says that the Canadians for Tax Fairness blockbuster report on long-term care shows the urgent need to get for-profit corporations out of long-term care. The report shows that $4 billion in public funding was diverted away from improving care for residents, and into...

"Like so many others over the last couple years, I tested positive for COVID-19 this morning. We’ve been doing our best to keep everyone safe, and I’ll keep doing that by staying in isolation.

Over the next few days, we were scheduled to go to Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Kenora, Sandy Lake First Nation...

FORT FRANCES – The NDP’s JoAnne Formanek Gustafson released the following statement calling out Greg Rickford for his failure to take any action on the flooding crisis facing families and communities across Kenora-Rainy River.

“The flooding in communities here in Kenora-Rainy River and across the...

TIMMINS - Doug Ford’s campaign announcement on Sunday to bring back the Northlander is a rewind to 2018, when he promised to bring back the passenger rail service during his first term in office, said NDP MPPs Gilles Bisson (Timmins) and John Vanthof (Timiskaming-Cochrane):

“Doug Ford must think...

Doug Ford’s fight against health care means families pay more out of pocket for medicine.

Days after getting elected in 2018, Ford’s Conservatives cut OHIP+ - canceling public coverage of prescriptions like asthma inhalers, insulin and birth control for young...

KINGSTON and OTTAWA – Andrea Horwath and the NDP will deliver hundreds or even thousands of dollars in savings for every family every year with Ontario’s first comprehensive Universal Pharmacare program.

“Pharmacare is health care, and you shouldn’t have to rack up credit card charges to get the...