TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “My heart breaks for all Indigenous Peoples today, especially the survivors of residential schools, and the families of the 751 people found in an unmarked grave at the site of the Cowessess First Nation. The world is watching. We must…
TORONTO – Orléans MPP, Stephen Blais issued the following statement: “By leaving Christine Elliott and Stephen Lecce in place, Ford is rewarding the two people that share responsibility with him for one of the most incompetent responses to COVID-19 in the western world. Inconsistent messaging, a complete lack of a decision-making process, and substituting inept…
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TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “The recent discovery of an unmarked grave for 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Residential School was shocking, but not surprising to the survivors who exposed the graves years ago to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We owe the victims,…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Today is a sad day for our democracy. In the cover of darkness, Doug Ford has rammed through legislation that will undermine our right to free speech by silencing his critics. Doug Ford’s power grab is nothing more than an…
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TORONTO – Ontario Liberals will again seek unanimous consent on a motion to condemn Islamophobia, after Doug Ford’s Conservatives blocked the motion yesterday. After speaking with PC House Leader, Paul Calandra, all parties are expected to support the motion. “It was appalling that Doug Ford’s Conservatives blocked a simple but meaningful motion to condemn Islamophobia,…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Ontario’s Islamic community is grieving and Doug Ford has shown us where he stands on Islamophobia. His government just blocked an Ontario Liberal motion to condemn Islamophobia. It’s shocking this government would be against something so universally called-for this week….