With Ontario in deeper depths of the COVID crisis than ever, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for MPPs to return to the legislature immediately to work on solutions to save people in long-term care, and fix Ontario’s lethargic vaccines program.
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) is calling on Doug Ford to stop underfunding mental health services for children and youth.
TORONTO — Starting in 2022, Andrea Horwath will create 50,000 new long-term care spaces, ending the wait for home care and long-term care, and within eight years will make the entire system public and not-for-profit.
Toronto — During Wednesday's question period, NDP MPPs Rima Berns-McGown (Beaches—East York) and Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) called on Doug Ford to finally address the urgent public health emergencies of homelessness and overdose-related deaths, which have been made worse by the pandemic.
QUEEN’S PARK — A bill tabled by NDP MPP Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) to mark July of each year as Tibetan Heritage month passed unanimously in the Ontario Legislature today.
It's clear that ensuring our kids and their educators are safe in school is on the top of everyone's minds. Over the past couple of weeks, I asked people to complete our Education Survey to help inform me of specific concerns and desires for safe schools re-opening.
With this information, I will continue to fight hard at Queen's Park to let Doug Ford know his plan is far from adequate. Our kids deserve so much better.
Thank you to all who completed the survey. You can read more about the findings below.
TORONTO — The NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, Bhutila Karpoche, released the following statement to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2020:
QUEEN’S PARK — Peter Tabuns, Ontario NDP Climate Crisis critic, and Bhutila Karpoche, Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, will table a bill today requiring the government to ensure Ontario is prepared to address ongoing and future health impacts of the climate crisis.
TORONTO – Doug Ford pretended that tough talk was all business owners needed to help them avoid eviction, and keep their business from going under.
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath is urging the province to cover 100 per cent of the cost of take-home cancer drugs some patients are struggling to afford after the COVID-19 pandemic put their in-hospital treatments on hold.
QUEEN’S PARK — Bhutila Karpoche, Parkdale—High Park MPP and Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, has tabled a bill calling for the provincial government to review maternal mental health in Ontario and develop and implement an action plan.
Report shows young people waiting longer as Ford lets NDP bill languish
QUEEN’S PARK – Bhutila Karpoche, Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, released the following statement in response to a new report from Children’s Mental Health Ontario that shows waitlists for children and youth to access mental health and addictions services have more than doubled over the last two years: