‘Northern Ontario Politics’ Information

Ontario’s Plan RE: Wild Pigs & Other Invasive Species

Province seeks public input into draft wild pig strategy and updates to Invasive Species Act MNRF is looking for your input on a draft strategy on how Ontario intends to address the threat of wild pigs in the province. #InvasiveSpecies Find out more: https://t.co/K0iZTUD22C [Read more]

NDP Say Ford Has Terrible Record on Paid Sick Days For Workers

NDP Say Ford Has Terrible Record on Paid Sick Days For Workers

QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Doug Ford has never supported paid sick days. He even went out of his way to speak against the federal program while not bringing in provincial paid sick days, and spent the spring attacking any notion of provincial paid sick days. On June 5 2020, Ford opposed the [Read more]

NPD se bat pour la qualité d’éducation postsecondaire en français

NPD se bat pour la qualité d’éducation postsecondaire en français

OTTAWA, ON — Alexandre Boulerice, chef adjoint et porte-parole du NPD en matière de langues officielles, a fait adopter une motion visant à lancer une étude pour revoir en profondeur la manière dont le gouvernement fédéral administre les fonds dédiés à soutenir l’éducation [Read more]

Marathon Town Council Regular Meeting April 19, 2021 [VIDEO] #budget

Marathon Town Council Regular Meeting April 19, 2021 [VIDEO] #budget

MARATHON, ON – Regular Meeting of Marathon Town Council held Monday, April 19, 2021. To view the AGENDA from this meeting CLICK HERE. RELATED LINKS Town of Marathon YouTube channel Town of Marathon website [Read more]

Marathon Council Special Meeting : #COVID (Video)

Marathon Council Special Meeting : #COVID (Video)

MARATHON, ON – Marathon Town Council wants to see it’s residents protected, preparing a resolution to send a letter to the Medical Officer of Health for the Thunder Bay District Dr. Janet DeMille, Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Health Christine [Read more]

Long-Term Care: 1st Consideration Must Be Care Not Profits

Long-Term Care: 1st Consideration Must Be Care Not Profits

Version française ci-dessous The pandemic has shown Canadians there is a cost for underinvestment in our health care system.  Just ask families who lost their loved ones in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country. Despite the health-related needs these centres cater to, they are [Read more]

Horwath Marks 1yr Anniversary of Pandemic with Roundtable to Reflect

Horwath Marks 1yr Anniversary of Pandemic with Roundtable to Reflect

QUEEN’S PARK, ON — To mark the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath held a roundtable with people whose lives have been deeply impacted by the pandemic, and issued the following statement: “As we look back on the impact the [Read more]

Changing the Elections Act for the Pandemic / Modifier la Loi électorale dans le contexte de la pandémie

Changing the Elections Act for the Pandemic / Modifier la Loi électorale dans le contexte de la pandémie

Version française ci-dessous In a minority parliament there will always be speculation on how the next election will be triggered.  Scenarios run from government’s that engineer their own defeat to those that fall on their best intentions or even by accident. Under normal conditions there [Read more]

Horwath’s NDP Launches Campaign for Paid Sick Days in Ontario

Horwath’s NDP Launches Campaign for Paid Sick Days in Ontario

QUEEN’S PARK, ON — Andrea Horwath’s NDP is launching a campaign Tuesday to ramp up its fight to secure paid sick days for every worker in the province. Doug Ford’s Conservatives have blocked the expedited passage of NDP MPP Peggy Sattler’s Stay Home If You Are Sick [Read more]

Students Return to In-Person Learning Though Northern Ontario Lockdown Extended for 2 weeks

Students Return to In-Person Learning Though Northern Ontario Lockdown Extended for 2 weeks

  Provincewide Shutdown As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at an alarming rate throughout the province, (online teacher-led learning until January 25, 2021 for Southern Ontario regions*), the provincewide shutdown in Northern Ontario has also been extended for another 14 days, aligning with [Read more]

MP Carol Hughes “The old guard could learn a new trick” (Français inclus)

MP Carol Hughes “The old guard could learn a new trick” (Français inclus)

Défiler ci-dessous pour le texte français There’s little doubt the pandemic has stretched finances.  From household budgets right up to the federal coffers, unexpected expenses have been thrust upon us.  That doesn’t mean everyone is struggling through this health crisis, some are even [Read more]

MP Carol Hughes Re: Combatting Racism (Français inclus)

MP Carol Hughes Re: Combatting Racism (Français inclus)

Anyone who watched the American Presidential debate will recognize the importance of the moment that Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacism and white supremacists.  To make it even more incredulous, the President then spoke directly to the far-right group, Proud Boys, telling them to, [Read more]

Long-Term Care TOWN HALL Meeting Tonight on Facebook Discussion au sujet des soins de longue durée

Long-Term Care TOWN HALL  Meeting Tonight on Facebook Discussion au sujet des soins de longue durée

The Ontario NDP Caucus is hosting a Townhall Meeting August, 27, 2020 at 6:pm. The meeting is being held on Facebook and will be open to the public whom can go to http://facebook.com/events/355224255643862. The event description explains that: (Version française ci-dessous) COVID-19 has revealed [Read more]

Funding Announcements for Upgrades at Manitouwadge Airport, Terrace Bay Mill Rd and Others (Video)

Funding Announcements for Upgrades at Manitouwadge Airport, Terrace Bay Mill Rd and Others (Video)

In the video below, Patty Hadju announces projects receiving $12.7M in federal funding including upgrades to the Manitouwadge Municipal Airport. Also participating in this video announcement to share comments; Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Parliamentary Assistant Dave Smith, Santé [Read more]

Civil Society Urges Suspension of Decisions Involving Radioactive Waste

Civil Society Urges Suspension of Decisions Involving Radioactive Waste

Version française ci-dessous International body finds Canada’s nuclear waste policy deficient OTTAWA, ON – Over one hundred civil society organizations and prominent scientific experts from across Canada have called on the federal minister of Natural Resources (Hon. Seamus O’Regan) [Read more]

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