JoelHarden
Ottawa Centre
Here for Ottawa Centre
Joel Harden is your NDP MPP in Ottawa Centre and Official Opposition Critic for Transit & Active Transportation.
Over the last four years, Joel and the team has been building a movement in Ottawa Centre that listens to our community, organizes for the most vulnerable, and fights for our planet.
Joel has a proven track record of standing with the community and pushing back against government cuts, like fighting alongside education workers on the picket lines, or fighting against cuts to autism services. As MPP, Joel uses his voice to amplify the local issues and stories that you want told, such as demanding accountability for our LRT, or telling the heart-wrenching stories of Ottawa families in long-term care.
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Education advocate Harvey Bischof wins the Ontario NDP nomination for Brantford Brant
BRANTFORD — New Democrats in Brantford came together to nominate Harvey Bischof, the former president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, high school teacher and well-known champion of public education, to be the Ontario NDP’s candidate in Brantford—Brant for the next election.
“I am...
Stevens announces Affordable Home Heating Act to keep heating costs low
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP MPP, Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines), introduced legislation today that would help families and seniors keep the cost of home heating low in an affordability crisis.
“Across Ontario, seniors and young families are grappling with rising home heating costs”, said...
Stiles calls for urgent supplies to home care patients amidst critical shortage
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, called out Ford for a month of ‘utter chaos’ as families and health care providers scramble to find critical health care supplies like pain killers and sedatives for vulnerable patients receiving care at home.
“Home care patients, their families,...
MPP Gates calls for investment into seniors' affordable housing in Fort Erie
QUEENS PARK – On the first day back at Queen’s Park, NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) called for investment in the Fort Erie Lions Club, Douglas Heights Seniors Residence project.
Led by the Fort Erie Lions, the new nine-story, independent housing apartment will provide 62 units of much-needed affordable...
Stiles pledges to fight for Ontario families and keep the focus on Ford’s failures as session begins
QUEEN'S PARK – Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles is pledging to fight for what matters to people and shine a light on Ford’s continued costly failures as the provincial legislature resumes after a 5-month recess.
“Ontarians are working harder than ever but feel like they just can’t get ahead.
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Stiles and Gretzky promise to fight for Windsor families as legislature set to resume
WINDSOR – Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles joined Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky to draw attention to issues facing local schools, and to outline the NDP’s priorities for the upcoming legislative session at Queen’s Park.
“You deserve a government that works as hard as you do, and a premier who will focus...
Stiles files integrity complaint against the Ford government for Ontario Place - Therme deal
Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP have submitted a complaint to the Office of the Integrity Commissioner calling for an investigation into the Therme deal. The complaint includes evidence suggesting that Therme received preferential treatment from the Ford government and seeks an investigation into the Minister of...
WONG-TAM: Stigma will not make communities safer. Support will.
TORONTO - Ontario NDP MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) joined healthcare professionals, frontline workers, and faith leaders to call on Ford to reverse course on the closure of Consumption and Treatment Services Sites and work with healthcare professionals to address the impact of this crisis on the Toronto...
Ontario NDP uncovers potential fraud in province’s commercial vehicle licensing and testing process
THUNDER BAY- Lise Vaugeois, MPP for Thunder Bay–Superior North, has released the following statement today in response to an upcoming CBC marketplace investigation into the fraudulent licensing of untrained commercial vehicle drivers in Ontario.
“Our northern communities, where we have witnessed so many...
New Democrats put pressure for public inquiry into Eglinton LRT fiasco
TORONTO – Jill Andrew, NDP MPP for Toronto – St. Paul’s, is adding pressure to calls for a public inquiry into the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT delay after City Hall passed a motion for a provincial inquiry. The Ontario NDP first called for a public inquiry into the project in 2022 and is renewing the calls as the...
One year of schemes and scandals: Stiles marks the anniversary of RCMP's investigation into the Ford government
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP leader, remains focused on holding Ford and his government to account for their corrupt Greenbelt scheme one year into the RCMP’s criminal investigation. Stiles is raising new questions following the Toronto Star’s report on the investigation.
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NDP: We cannot keep failing these children
HAMILTON – Ontario NDP critic for Children, Community and Social Services Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) is calling out the government for trying to distract from the mess they have created in Children’s Aid Societies across the province following reports of vulnerable children placed in unsafe...