Today NDP MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto-Danforth) submitted a new Private Members Bill – Bottled Water Spending Act, 2009 – to restrict government spending on bottled water. If passed, the Bill would make Ontario the first province in Canada to restrict bottled water.

Kenora–Rainy River NDP MPP Howard Hampton yesterday delivered the following statement:

“The McGuinty Liberals are engaged in a bizarre exercise in media spin. As children's aid societies across Ontario are required by law to extend health and protection to children at risk, the McGuinty Liberals are cutting the CAS budgets.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the McGuinty government’s inaction on pension protection is leaving up to 20,000 Nortel employees out in the cold and facing a dramatic reduction in their benefits.

Andrea Horwath, Leader of Ontario’s New Democrats, is pleased the government is finally moving forward with a plan for full-day learning but says families shouldn’t have been forced to wait six years for action.

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is demanding the McGuinty Liberals go back to the drawing board to come up with a real plan that will address Northern Ontario’s jobs crisis, especially in the forestry sector.

Ontario’s NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is citing more troubling facts concerning the McGuinty government’s approach to treating Ontario children with autism.

“The government is cutting off more children from IBI when schools are not able to provide the therapy. Instead of funding treatment, the government is allowing waiting lists to balloon and children to languish,” Horwath said in the Ontario Legislature today after revealing the government’s latest quarterly numbers for April to June, 2009.