Ottawa’s 300 expected teacher lay-offs show Ford cutting budget on backs of kids
QUEEN’S PARK — The NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre, Joel Harden, said Wednesday's news that more than 300 public school teachers and about 40 early childhood educators may lose their jobs at the Ottawa-C...
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Ford’s first budget hurts residents of Ottawa
OTTAWA — NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre, Joel Harden, said that Doug Ford’s first budget’s cuts to housing and municipal transit transfers will do a lot of damage to Ottawa.
“Across Ontario, we were exp...
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People with disabilities come to Queen's Park for day-long town hall on accessibility
People share frustrations with Ontario’s slow progress on accessibility targets
QUEEN’S PARK — People with disabilities are travelling from across the province to the Ontario Legislature on Wednesd...
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Ford government must stop cut to Elder Abuse Ontario: NDP Seniors’ Affairs critic
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Joel Harden, critic for Accessibility, Persons with Disabilities and Seniors’ Affairs, today asked the Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, Raymond Cho, to fight Finance M...
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Open Letter to Minister Fullerton on Accessibility Services for Post-Secondary Students
Dear Minister Fullerton,
Yesterday, you told Global News that you would “have to double check” whether or not accessibility and disability services will be deemed mandatory fees under your governme...
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Delaying disaster assistance is abandoning tornado victims: NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre Joel Harden released the following statement, in response to news reported by CBC that 104 of 111 victims of the tornadoes in the Ottawa-Gatineau region las...
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Ford must eliminate “soul-crushing barriers” to people with disabilities, implement recommendations to the AODA : NDP Accessibility Critic
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Joel Harden, the Official Opposition critic for Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities, released the following statement in response to the Minister for Seniors and Acce...
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NDP Critic for Accessibility implores Ford government to table third review of the AODA
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Joel Harden, the Official Opposition critic for Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities, today sent an open letter to the Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond C...
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Ottawa parent joins NDP’s Joel Harden at Queen’s Park to resist Conservative cuts to autism supports
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre Joel Harden was joined by a member of an Ottawa family today during Question Period to speak out against the Ford government’s callous cuts to autism servic...
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NDP calls for action on Ottawa police report recommendations
OTTAWA — NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre, Joel Harden, and NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre), the Official Opposition’s Anti-Racism critic, released the following statement in response to an int...
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