Today’s Auditor General report on electronic health spending is a damning indictment of an arrogant McGuinty government that has squandered $1-billion precious healthcare dollars with little to show for it, says NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

Une tendance qui témoigne d’un relâchement dans l’application de la Loi sur les services en français de la province semble se dessiner, a affirmé la porte-parole néo-démocrate pour les Affaires francophones et députée de Nickel Belt, Mme France Gélinas, aujourd’hui à la Chambre.

In his annual report released earlier today, Ontario’s Environment Commissioner Gord Miller called for government legislation to stop big developers from threatening citizens with so-called SLAPPs - lawsuits requiring that citizen groups pay developer legal expenses or other damages for hearings.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is standing up for west end Toronto residents who have been fighting against the private, diesel-powered air-rail link.

Late yesterday, the McGuinty government approved plans that permit SNC-Lavalin to run more than 150 trains each day between downtown Toronto and Pearson International Airport.

Parkdale High-Park NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo supports the Clean Train Coalition’s request to have the provincial ombudsman investigate wasteful spending at Metrolinx, the agency responsible for regional transit in Ontario.

In the wake of a report showing a huge spike in the number of employment insurance claims filed across Northern Ontario, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath today demanded the McGuinty government deliver a jobs plan and oppose trade measures that might hurt the battered region.