Ontario’s residential tenants and commercial leaseholders need immediate provincial assistance. With May 1st just around the corner, many residential tenants and small-and-medium business owners are waiting on the government to finally step up and provide support. Tens of thousands of Ontarians who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 need support, and the entrepreneurs who…
Salam Walekum! Today is the first night of Ramadan. At Iftar dinners across Ontario tonight families will gather, in person and virtually, to break the fast at Sundown. I know this year Ramadan celebrations will be different. But it’s important we eat, pray and worship with physical distancing to keep ourselves and others healthy and…
For the latest information on COVID-19 in Ontario please visit Ontario.ca/coronavirus TORONTO – Today, Doug Ford hid behind doctors in misrepresenting the powers of the Premier of Ontario. Twice under questioning, Ford said he did not have the power to take action and that the authority was with the Chief Medical Officer. While the Chief…
For the latest information on COVID-19 in Ontario please visit Ontario.ca/coronavirus TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Ontario Liberal Party Leader, made the following statement: Today, I am formally calling on Premier Doug Ford to commit to holding a public inquiry into the recent deaths that have occurred in long term care and retirement homes once…
April 15, 2020 Hon. Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Main Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Ford: We are writing to strongly urge you to add a French content component to your daily briefings. While you hold a daily briefing in English, there is no equivalent French content for the…
For the latest information on COVID-19 in Ontario please visit Ontario.ca/coronavirus TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Ontario Liberal Party Leader, made the following statement: Today we learned Ontario comprehensively inspected just five of 626 long term care homes in all of 2019. This is absolutely astounding. The effects of Ford cuts, on public health, on…
For the latest information on COVID-19 in Ontario please visit Ontario.ca/coronavirus TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Ontario Liberal Party Leader, made the following statement: On March 30th Premier Ford talked about building an ‘iron ring of protection’ around Ontario’s seniors. Since then it has emerged that a directive issued by his Chief Medical Officer of…
From Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party: Iniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal. Today is Puthandu the beginning of the year for Tamil Ontarians and Tamils across the world. Puthandu this year must be different as we are social distancing. We must do everything we can to protect the most vulnerable: our elders, the immune-compromised…
From Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party: Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. Today is Vaisakhi, the holiest day for Ontario’s Sikh community. Ontario’s Sikhs have made great contributions. We are truly blessed by the large Sikh population we have in the province. I have always been impressed by the…