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Statement from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath on the Privacy Commissioner's annual report
QUEEN’S PARK–Following the release of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario’s 2017 Annual Report, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement:
“I share the concerns of Ontarians and the Privacy Commissioner about the use of personal data for...
Horwath’s NDP the only choice to stop Doug Ford and bring change for the better
On election day in Ontario, everyday people are coming together to choose hope by voting for Andrea Horwath and the NDP – knowing that they are only thing standing in the way of Doug Ford’s painful cuts, privatization and corruption.
People across the province are asking themselves: Who will be the best...
If Ford can’t run his business, how can he be trusted to run the province?
Reports in the Toronto Star and the Toronto Sun once again show that Doug Ford is not the business tycoon he claims to be.
In a $16.5 million lawsuit filed on Friday, the widow of late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford alleges that Doug Ford “mismanaged the Deco Companies to the point of insolvency, and then plundered...
Horwath to fund 30-day wait max for youth mental health services
ST. CATHARINES – Families are facing deep cuts that would mean even longer waits for youth mental health care under Doug Ford and the Conservatives, but Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath will make sure children and youth have faster access to mental health services. Horwath has promised, and budgeted for, an...
Happy Pride Month, from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
Happy Pride Month, Ontario! This year, we all have a lot to celebrate, and a distance still to go to build the province we deserve.
In June and throughout the summer, communities all over Ontario will celebrate the gains made by and with members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. In Toronto, the Pride Parade that...
From bad to worse: Horwath says Ontario shouldn’t go from Liberal corruption to PC corruption
Horwath promises specific steps to clean up corruption
TORONTO – NDP Leader Andrea Horwath urged Ontario Friday not to go from Liberal corruption to Conservative corruption. Instead, she’s promising action to clean up politics in Ontario – and called on Ontarians to help her stop Doug Ford and clean up...
Statement from Andrea Horwath regarding devastating aluminum and steel tariffs being imposed by the United States
Today the United States government announced it will immediately impose devastating tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum – putting many thousands of good jobs in Ontario at risk. As a life-long Hamiltonian, I know the impact President Donald Trump’s protectionist actions will have on families who count on good...
NDP to keep drivers safer on Highway 3
LEAMINGTON – After years of broken promises and drivers being put at risk, Andrea Horwath is the only leader fully committed to finishing the twinning of Highway 3 as part of her larger $180 billion commitment to improve infrastructure around the province.
Horwath committed Wednesday to...
Seniors will have the dental care they need under an NDP government
WINDSOR – Andrea Horwath will deliver dental care to Ontario seniors who don’t have retirement benefits – an important part of her Dental Care for Everyone plan.
Horwath joined Windsor couple Debby and S.P. Aujlay, who are both in their late sixties, in Windsor Wednesday to talk about how...
Horwath announces three weeks of paid vacation for full-time workers
TORONTO – Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath announced Tuesday that an NDP government will change the law to give full-time workers three weeks of paid vacation, up from the current two.
“Every hard-working Ontarian should be able to build a great life here, and work-life balance is a huge...
Horwath to put life-saving devices in more public places
TORONTO– Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath will help make families safer in their communities by requiring life-saving automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces across the province.
“Ontarians deserve a government that does more to help people lead a healthier life, wherever...
Horwath will hire 4,500 nurses in first year in office
TORONTO – On Thursday morning, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath announced her plan to hire 4,500 new nurses in her first year in office.
The additional nurses are part of Horwath’s plan to tackle the hallway medicine crisis in Ontario hospitals following decades of underfunding from...