Guelph NDP Speaks Out Against Schreiner’s Support of Road Tolls November 23, 2020 Oshawa NDP MPP Jennifer French has introduced a private member’s bill, Bill 43, the “Freeing Highways 412 and 418 Act”, which would remove the tolls from those Highways, and prevent any new connector roads from being tolled. Ms French’s bill is now on its way to becoming law, having passed second reading in the Legislature on Wednesday, November 18. The bill passed almost unanimously with support from all parties – except for The Green Party, represented by Guelph’s MPP, Mike Schreiner. This isn’t the first time Schreiner has expressed support for road tolls in Ontario. During the 2018 election, Schreiner … Read More
Guelph NDP Sets AGM for January 21st November 23, 2020 Please join us on Thursday, January 21st for our 2020 Annual General Meeting. The meeting will take place virtually starting at 7pm. Attendees will have an opportunity to elect members of the 2021 Guelph NDP Executive. We will be sharing the virtual link to the meeting with our email list. If you do not receive email updates from the Guelph NDP, please email us at info@guelphndp.ca. Please view a description of the executive positions below. President: As President of the Guelph NDP Riding Association, you represent the NDP in our riding. You are the contact person for the media, … Read More
Meet Your Guelph NDP Exec: Mike Foley, Provincial Council Delegate (Alternate) November 23, 2020 Mike Foley is a Provincial Council delegate (alternate) on the Guelph NDP Executive. He has been a City of Guelph (Wards 2, 3, and 4) trustee on the Upper Grand District School Board since winning election in 2018. Mike grew up in the small town of Saint-Janvier, north of Montreal, just to the east of what is now Mirabel International Airport. He recalls that much of the town was demolished for the airport construction – “they even dug up the graves for reinterment.” His father, who worked for Alcan, was a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union and a … Read More
Turning of the Tide (Opinion) November 23, 2020 By David Josephy When we look back at 2020, we will see not only the tragedy and turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic, but also the turning of the tide against the wave of reactionary right-wing politics that started with the “Brexit” vote of 2016. The evidence has poured in from around the world. In the U.K., opinion polls show that support for Boris Johnson’s Conservatives has plummeted; Keir Starmer’s Labour Party now leads. In Bolivia, and now also in Peru, right-wing coups have been reversed by the people, marching in the streets and voting at the ballot box. Chile has … Read More
Join Us for a Townhall on Labour August 26, 2020 Please join us on Wednesday, September 2nd at 7pm for our latest in the series of virtual town halls called “Labour Days: Moving Forward in the Age of Covid-19”. Every year, Labour Day is an opportunity for workers and the labour movement to reflect on our gains and look ahead to how we can help create a fairer society. This year, however, many planned celebrations across the country, including the Labour Day picnic in Guelph, will look a lot differently. Covid-19 has brought forward its share of challenges for workers including new threats to a safe working environment and stable employment. … Read More
Join Us on Tuesday, June 9th for A Town Hall on Racial Inequities in Guelph and Canada June 4, 2020 Next Tuesday, June 9th (starting at 7pm) will be our first installment in this virtual town hall series called “Race, Reflect and Solidarity: Addressing Racial Inequities in Guelph and Canada.” We’ll look at the impact of Covid-19 on racialized communities and examine the human rights protests in the United States and how they impact Canada. We’ll also look at how we can continue to work towards a more equal society. If you’re interested in joining us, please email us at info@guelphndp.ca (or reply to this message) and we will send you a link.
Guelph NDP Launches Virtual Townhall Series on the Effects of Covid-19 June 4, 2020 Over the next few months, we’ll be hosting a series of virtual town hall meetings on the effects of Covid-19. The goal of this series is to highlight community groups and organizations that are particularly facing challenges during the Covid Pandemic and looking at ways to offer our assistance. We’ll also look at how we can use this pause in our regular lives to improve our community and society so that we return to a better “normal” than we had before the pandemic started.
Message about Covid-19 from Your Guelph NDP April 15, 2020 Friends, during difficult times, Canadians always come together to work for the common good. At the federal level, Jagmeet Singh has been calling on the government to make sure no one falls through the cracks. We’ve been calling for direct assistance and wage replacement for working class families, protections for workers and tenants, an extension on tax filing and CRA deadlines, and support and supplies for Indigenous communities. Provincially, Andrea Horwath has been pushing the government to immediately send $2000 to households facing economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increase the child benefit for households affected, spend $1 billion in surge funding for Ontario hospitals, and … Read More
Canadian families need the government to come through for them April 15, 2020 As the spread of COVID-19 continues, people are concerned not only about their health, but also about their ability to keep paying the bills and putting food on the table. Health experts and government officials are encouraging people to stay home and self-isolate and people want to make the right choices to keep their communities and families safe. Many of these people are in the service industry or front lines workers. It is in all of our best interest to make sure that they have the support they need from the government to be able to self-isolate if needed. For … Read More
Demand Emergency Income Now! April 15, 2020 Please sign the petition Ontarians need money to pay the bills and get by now – not weeks or months from now. Support $2,000 Emergency Income now. In these unprecedented times we must place health above all else. No one should be choosing between buying medication and feeding their family and paying rent. Families and individuals need immediate and direct payments to bridge the weeks-long wait for federal support. People need help before rent is due, before the cupboards are empty. In addition to emergency income we are proposing: – A $250 per child emergency child benefit for households experiencing … Read More
