The recent announcement by the Ford government does not change anything and only serves to appease the Francophone community. Do not be fooled… And as Commissioner Boileau has always said: in the French-speaking world, we must always fight to move forward, otherwise we will fall back. With Friday’s improvised announcement, we are still moving backwards,…
OLP President Brian Johns has accepted the resignation of Regional Vice-President – GTA East, Rathika Sitsabaiesan. On behalf of the Executive Council and all members, please join us in thanking Rathika for her many years of service and dedication to our Party. The OLP Constitution requires the remaining members of Executive Council to appoint a…
Today, Minister MacLeod announced her plan for Social Assistance in Ontario. This plan represents a deep misunderstanding of the roots of poverty and it is yet another short-sighted cut from a government that doesn’t believe in helping those who are most vulnerable. This is absolutely a cut, and to call it an “efficiency” is to…
The Harris cuts were on the wrong side of history. The Liberals were elected in 2003 to make positive change, on social assistance and more broadly across government. Investing in people builds us all up, and that core value guided our action in government. We got good work done on social assistance. We increased social…
TORONTO, ON – “The deeply saddening news of Toronto’s 90th homicide brings great concern to a community of seniors, families and individuals who deserve to feel safe in their community – this most recent act of violence is just one of 90 fatal shootings in Toronto this year. All three levels of government need to…
TORONTO, ON – This evening, Doug Ford is speaking to delegates at the Ontario PC Party’s 2018 policy convention. “This week Doug Ford and the PCs broke most of the promises they have made to Ontarians during the election campaign,” said MPP Mitzie Hunter (Liberal, Scarborough-Guildwood.) “They promised they would find efficiencies, that no one…
Ontario PC Party passes resolution that endorses discrimination. Today at the Progressive Conservative Convention, members voted to approve Tanya Granic Allen’s resolution stating that gender identity is not real and to make it the policy of the government to remove it from Ontario’s curriculum. Every student in Ontario deserves the right to go to school…
Doug Ford is showing us he has no issue with Franco-Ontarians paying for his damaging Conservative ideology. Without consulting anyone in the sector, Ford rolled back years of work with the Franco-Ontarian community by cutting the French Language Services Commissioner and cancelling the Ontario Francophone University. Governments are supposed to ensure the wellbeing of their…
TORONTO, ON – Today, Mitzie Hunter, Finance Critic for the Ontario Liberal Party explained that the PC’s Fall Economic Statement recklessly threatens Ontario’s prosperity and the most vulnerable members of society. “Doug Ford and the PCs are breaking most of the promises they have made to Ontarians during the election campaign,” said Hunter. “They promised…