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March 3, 2026 “Now the classes are empty,” London MPPs raise alarm over Fanshawe campus closure LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), Peggy Sattler (London West), and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), say the relocation of all programs from Fanshawe College’s South London campus is another terrible sign of instability in Ontario’s post-secondary education... more » March 3, 2026 Northern MPPs kick off consultations on highway bill with Northern Tour: Our Roads, Our Safety QUEEN’S PARK – Northern NDP MPPs John Vanthof (Timiskaming – Cochrane), Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) will be joined by colleagues Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North), France Gelinas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) to tour across the North of Ontario... more » March 3, 2026 Pasma responds to Algonquin College Board vote confirming program cuts OTTAWA — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean), made the following statement after the Algonquin College Board of Governors voted to confirm program cuts at... more » March 2, 2026 Pasma calls for early bargaining to support Ontario students QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West–Nepean), is echoing the Ontario Education Unions call for the Ford government to begin bargaining with teachers and education workers as soon as possible to ensure stability for... more » March 2, 2026 STILES: Ford lied, and it cost Ontario good union jobs QUEEN’S PARK –– Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles says Doug Ford’s decision to weaken Canadian content requirements for the GO expansion and Ontario Line –– and keeping Ontarians in the dark about it –– is being paid for with even more job... more » February 27, 2026 STEVENS: “This was preventable.” Backlogs and overcrowding turned deadly at Toronto South jail QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catherines) says the death of Euplio Cusano, a senior who needed supportive care for a brain injury and spent seven months in Toronto South Detention Centre without a bail hearing, is a shocking indictment of Doug Ford’s justice and... more » February 27, 2026 WONG-TAM: Ford’s underfunded, unsafe court rooms result in attack on Crown attorney QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) is calling on Doug Ford to finally make the province’s court rooms safer, after a Crown attorney was attacked during a dangerous offender hearing in... more » February 27, 2026 NDP FOI shows Ford’s decisions cost Thunder Bay Alstom workers good jobs THUNDER BAY – Recent documents obtained through a Freedom Of Information process has revealed that in 2020, Ford and his conservatives have mislead Thunder Bay workers to believing that their jobs were protected by strong Canadian content rules, while behind closed doors they were quietly cutting those requirements... more » February 27, 2026 NDP Slams Ford as Algonquin College Program Cuts Return to the Table OTTAWA - Chandra Pasma, MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, released the following statement regarding news that Algonquin College will be considering program cuts after all at its Board of Governors meeting on Monday, after the College had announced the suspension of these cuts earlier this month:“I am deeply... more » February 27, 2026 Stop Hiding Behind Jurisdiction: MPP Mamakwa calls for Immediate Action from Ontario and Canada to Address the Energy Crisis in Nibinamik First Nation SIOUX LOOKOUT – Kiiwetinoong MPP and Ontario NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa has released the below statement following his visit to Nibinamik First Nation (also known as Summer Beaver) on Thursday, February 26, 2026. His visit came in the wake of a 5-day power outage that put the safety of the community at risk... more » February 26, 2026 FIFE: Local medtech leaders driving jobs and better patient care WATERLOO — Ontario NDP MPP Catherine Fife says local life sciences companies are demonstrating how homegrown innovation can strengthen Ontario’s economy while improving health outcomes:“Waterloo Region is home to some truly outstanding companies like Intellijoint Surgical and Vena Medical that are... more » February 26, 2026 GRETZKY: Amherstburg workers abandoned as Crown Royal plant shuts down early WINDSOR — Ontario NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says workers in Amherstburg and across Windsor-Essex were abandoned after Diageo abruptly shut down the Crown Royal bottling plant two days ahead of schedule without warning, leaving nearly 200 people without... more »" /> March 3, 2026 “Now the classes are empty,” London MPPs raise alarm over Fanshawe campus closure LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), Peggy Sattler (London West), and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), say the relocation of all programs from Fanshawe College’s South London campus is another terrible sign of instability in Ontario’s post-secondary education... more » March 3, 2026 Northern MPPs kick off consultations on highway bill with Northern Tour: Our Roads, Our Safety QUEEN’S PARK – Northern NDP MPPs John Vanthof (Timiskaming – Cochrane), Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) will be joined by colleagues Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North), France Gelinas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) to tour across the North of Ontario... more » March 3, 2026 Pasma responds to Algonquin College Board vote confirming program cuts OTTAWA — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean), made the following statement after the Algonquin College Board of Governors voted to confirm program cuts at... more » March 2, 2026 Pasma calls for early bargaining to support Ontario students QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West–Nepean), is echoing the Ontario Education Unions call for the Ford government to begin bargaining with teachers and education workers as soon as possible to ensure stability for... more » March 2, 2026 STILES: Ford lied, and it cost Ontario good union jobs QUEEN’S PARK –– Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles says Doug Ford’s decision to weaken Canadian content requirements for the GO expansion and Ontario Line –– and keeping Ontarians in the dark about it –– is being paid for with even more job... more » February 27, 2026 STEVENS: “This was preventable.” Backlogs and overcrowding turned deadly at Toronto South jail QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catherines) says the death of Euplio Cusano, a senior who needed supportive care for a brain injury and spent seven months in Toronto South Detention Centre without a bail hearing, is a shocking indictment of Doug Ford’s justice and... more » February 27, 2026 WONG-TAM: Ford’s underfunded, unsafe court rooms result in attack on Crown attorney QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) is calling on Doug Ford to finally make the province’s court rooms safer, after a Crown attorney was attacked during a dangerous offender hearing in... more » February 27, 2026 NDP FOI shows Ford’s decisions cost Thunder Bay Alstom workers good jobs THUNDER BAY – Recent documents obtained through a Freedom Of Information process has revealed that in 2020, Ford and his conservatives have mislead Thunder Bay workers to believing that their jobs were protected by strong Canadian content rules, while behind closed doors they were quietly cutting those requirements... more » February 27, 2026 NDP Slams Ford as Algonquin College Program Cuts Return to the Table OTTAWA - Chandra Pasma, MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, released the following statement regarding news that Algonquin College will be considering program cuts after all at its Board of Governors meeting on Monday, after the College had announced the suspension of these cuts earlier this month:“I am deeply... more » February 27, 2026 Stop Hiding Behind Jurisdiction: MPP Mamakwa calls for Immediate Action from Ontario and Canada to Address the Energy Crisis in Nibinamik First Nation SIOUX LOOKOUT – Kiiwetinoong MPP and Ontario NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa has released the below statement following his visit to Nibinamik First Nation (also known as Summer Beaver) on Thursday, February 26, 2026. His visit came in the wake of a 5-day power outage that put the safety of the community at risk... more » February 26, 2026 FIFE: Local medtech leaders driving jobs and better patient care WATERLOO — Ontario NDP MPP Catherine Fife says local life sciences companies are demonstrating how homegrown innovation can strengthen Ontario’s economy while improving health outcomes:“Waterloo Region is home to some truly outstanding companies like Intellijoint Surgical and Vena Medical that are... more » February 26, 2026 GRETZKY: Amherstburg workers abandoned as Crown Royal plant shuts down early WINDSOR — Ontario NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says workers in Amherstburg and across Windsor-Essex were abandoned after Diageo abruptly shut down the Crown Royal bottling plant two days ahead of schedule without warning, leaving nearly 200 people without... more »" /> March 3, 2026 “Now the classes are empty,” London MPPs raise alarm over Fanshawe campus closure LONDON – Ontario NDP MPPs Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe), Peggy Sattler (London West), and Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), say the relocation of all programs from Fanshawe College’s South London campus is another terrible sign of instability in Ontario’s post-secondary education... more » March 3, 2026 Northern MPPs kick off consultations on highway bill with Northern Tour: Our Roads, Our Safety QUEEN’S PARK – Northern NDP MPPs John Vanthof (Timiskaming – Cochrane), Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) will be joined by colleagues Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North), France Gelinas (Nickel Belt) and Jamie West (Sudbury) to tour across the North of Ontario... more » March 3, 2026 Pasma responds to Algonquin College Board vote confirming program cuts OTTAWA — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean), made the following statement after the Algonquin College Board of Governors voted to confirm program cuts at... more » March 2, 2026 Pasma calls for early bargaining to support Ontario students QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West–Nepean), is echoing the Ontario Education Unions call for the Ford government to begin bargaining with teachers and education workers as soon as possible to ensure stability for... more » March 2, 2026 STILES: Ford lied, and it cost Ontario good union jobs QUEEN’S PARK –– Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles says Doug Ford’s decision to weaken Canadian content requirements for the GO expansion and Ontario Line –– and keeping Ontarians in the dark about it –– is being paid for with even more job... more » February 27, 2026 STEVENS: “This was preventable.” Backlogs and overcrowding turned deadly at Toronto South jail QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Solicitor General Jennie Stevens (St. Catherines) says the death of Euplio Cusano, a senior who needed supportive care for a brain injury and spent seven months in Toronto South Detention Centre without a bail hearing, is a shocking indictment of Doug Ford’s justice and... more » February 27, 2026 WONG-TAM: Ford’s underfunded, unsafe court rooms result in attack on Crown attorney QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP Shadow Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) is calling on Doug Ford to finally make the province’s court rooms safer, after a Crown attorney was attacked during a dangerous offender hearing in... more » February 27, 2026 NDP FOI shows Ford’s decisions cost Thunder Bay Alstom workers good jobs THUNDER BAY – Recent documents obtained through a Freedom Of Information process has revealed that in 2020, Ford and his conservatives have mislead Thunder Bay workers to believing that their jobs were protected by strong Canadian content rules, while behind closed doors they were quietly cutting those requirements... more » February 27, 2026 NDP Slams Ford as Algonquin College Program Cuts Return to the Table OTTAWA - Chandra Pasma, MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, released the following statement regarding news that Algonquin College will be considering program cuts after all at its Board of Governors meeting on Monday, after the College had announced the suspension of these cuts earlier this month:“I am deeply... more » February 27, 2026 Stop Hiding Behind Jurisdiction: MPP Mamakwa calls for Immediate Action from Ontario and Canada to Address the Energy Crisis in Nibinamik First Nation SIOUX LOOKOUT – Kiiwetinoong MPP and Ontario NDP Deputy Leader Sol Mamakwa has released the below statement following his visit to Nibinamik First Nation (also known as Summer Beaver) on Thursday, February 26, 2026. His visit came in the wake of a 5-day power outage that put the safety of the community at risk... more » February 26, 2026 FIFE: Local medtech leaders driving jobs and better patient care WATERLOO — Ontario NDP MPP Catherine Fife says local life sciences companies are demonstrating how homegrown innovation can strengthen Ontario’s economy while improving health outcomes:“Waterloo Region is home to some truly outstanding companies like Intellijoint Surgical and Vena Medical that are... more » February 26, 2026 GRETZKY: Amherstburg workers abandoned as Crown Royal plant shuts down early WINDSOR — Ontario NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) says workers in Amherstburg and across Windsor-Essex were abandoned after Diageo abruptly shut down the Crown Royal bottling plant two days ahead of schedule without warning, leaving nearly 200 people without... more »" />