TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Rod Phillips has rightly resigned for deceiving Ontarians for weeks while he was secretly vacationing in St. Barts. But what consequences is Doug Ford facing for this complete failure in leadership? Doug Ford admittedly knew about Phillips’ vacation for two…
Dear Premier Ford: As you know, the Public Health Agency of Canada has been advising against all non-essential travel outside of Canada since March. You yourself have said recently that international travellers pose an “extreme risk” for COVID-19 spread within Ontario. On November 25th, your government issued holiday guidelines asking Ontarians to avoid nonessential travel,…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “While Doug Ford was telling Ontario families to skip their gatherings for the Holidays, his Finance Minister was jetting away for an international trip. It’s “do as I say, not as I do” in Doug Ford’s Ontario. If Doug Ford…
Toronto – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Even as more than 2,000 people are infected daily, Doug Ford has paused vaccinations for the Holidays with fewer than 12,000 of Ontario’s 90,000 doses administered to date. COVID-19 isn’t taking a break, neither can our vaccination efforts. The vaccine…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Doug Ford’s overdue lockdown won’t start for another five days. This is five full days of new infections and more lost family members. This lockdown should have been announced when it was decided on yesterday, taking effect at midnight today….
TORONTO – Ontario Liberal Party Leader Steven Del Duca has appointed two candidates for the next Ontario election. Marilyn Raphael (Brampton South) and Jill Promoli (Mississauga—Streetsville) are community leaders and strong advocates for social justice and public health care. “Marilyn and Jill represent the best of Ontario,” said Steven Del Duca. “They are community champions…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “For months, everyone involved in publicly-funded education has struggled to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic without adequate support from Doug Ford. And now, our school kids, their families and those working on the front lines in education have no clear…
Hon. Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Ford, I am writing today to express the support of Ontario Liberals to work cooperatively on enabling legislation that might be required for vaccine distribution and reporting in Ontario. We want to work together to ensure a transparent, equitable…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Today Doug Ford is meeting with Justin Trudeau to ask for billions in new funding for healthcare, but he’s still sitting on billions of dollars that are going unspent. While I support the call for the federal government to increase…