Today, we join the Filipino community in Ontario and around the world to celebrate the 122nd anniversary of Philippine Independence. The Philippine community in Ontario is strong, vibrant and growing. While today’s celebrations are different than most years, this wonderful community will continue to make a deep contribution to our province. I join all Ontarians…
June 12, 2020, OTTAWA – Following the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in favour of the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF) and the Fédération des parents francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FPFCB) on the constitutional right to finance French-language minority education, Lucille Collard, MLA for Ottawa-Vanier and Liberal critic for the Attorney…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, made the following statement: Doug Ford is putting parents in desperate need of safe daycare in an impossible situation. He’s asking parents to choose between the safety of their children and keeping their jobs. Everyone wants to get back to work and open up…
QUEEN’S Park — Ontario Liberal MPPs Michael Coteau (Don Valley East) and Amanda Simard (Glengarry–Prescott–Russell) today asked the provincial government to step up to support public libraries to provide workers, students and small businesses with Wi-Fi hotspot devices. “In rural and remote parts of our province, we know that access to broadband Internet remains a…
Child care providers across Ontario have rightly reacted with concern to the government’s announcement yesterday that child care centres will be allowed to re-open on Friday. They had expected that they would be given a longer lead time, that their recommendations would have been followed and that the government would have understood that new safety…
To the Portuguese Community, June 10 marks Portugal Day. The date, chosen to commemorate the death of the great poet Luís Vaz de Camões, celebrates the contributions of the Portuguese people in Canada and around the world. While we certainly miss Toronto’s Portugal Day Parade and festival this year, we can take this opportunity to…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, made the following statement: Doug Ford tells us he is open and transparent. Today we learned that Ontario families were warning him for months of the crisis in long term care homes, but these families were ignored and none of this information was released…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, made the following statement: Over and over again the direction coming from the Ford office is inconsistent, unclear, and out of touch with the concerns of Ontarians. This uncertainty is what Ontarians face with Ford’s plans to further reopen work and our communities. His…
Today marks World Oceans Day, a day to recognize the importance of clean and healthy water and to commit ourselves to environmental sustainability. We celebrate the role of oceans and clean water in our everyday life and work towards protecting it. Keeping our oceans and water sources healthy is vital to our lives. From the…