June 2, 2020
Ford must rush support to migrant worker and agricultural COVID-19 outbreaks: NDP
ESSEX - NDP Workplace Health and Safety critic Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) and Ethics and Accountability critic Taras Natyshak (Essex) called on the Ford government to provide immediate resources t... More
June 2, 2020
NDP reveals PC Party donor and private operator was appointed by Doug Ford to oversee long-term care homes
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for Ethics and Accountability Taras Natyshak (Essex) revealed Tuesday that PC Party donor James Schlegel, CEO of Schlegel Villages Inc., a private, for... More
May 22, 2020
Ford is putting Windsor-Essex residents at risk with totally inadequate COVID-19 testing
WINDSOR-ESSEX – As Ontario continues to lag far behind its own COVID-19 testing targets, MPPs Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West), Percy Hatfield (Windsor-Tecumseh) and Taras Natyshak (Essex) are urging th... More
May 21, 2020
NDP Ethics critic comments on PC insiders joining for-profit long-term care to lobby Ford government
QUEEN’S PARK — Since the pandemic began, the big three for-profit long-term care corporations have hired close Doug Ford allies to protect their financial interests by lobbying Ford and his governm... More
May 19, 2020
Ontarians need Ford to step up and lower auto insurance rates
QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford’s sympathy won’t help Ontario drivers pay their bills, said the Official Opposition NDP’s Auto Insurance critic Tom Rakocevic and Brampton North NDP MPP Kevin Yarde during ... More
April 24, 2020
Statement from Andrea Horwath on ONA court victory on PPE and safety
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement concerning the court ruling in favour of the Ontario Nurses Association, compelling long-term care homes to immediately fix h... More
April 23, 2020
Major long-term care and home care changes needed to save lives.
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPPs Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West), Percy Hatfield (Windsor Tecumseh) and Taras Natyshak (Essex) are calling on the Ford government to immediately make major changes and investment... More
April 15, 2020
NDP: The Ford government must immediately fix dangerous return-to-work guidelines for health care workers with COVID-19
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath said the government needs to fix its own guidelines, which instruct health care workers with COVID-19 to return to work in hospitals, lo... More
April 15, 2020