Imagine your child struggling in class, so you turn to your local trustee for help. Under Bill 33, Doug Ford will replace that trustee with a $350,000 Conservative insider—someone you didn’t elect, can’t remove, and who doesn’t answer to you.

Get off your a** and look harder. That's what Doug Ford says to a new grad who's applied to hundreds of jobs with no luck. Here's my response to Doug Ford's budget update – the Fall Economic Statement.

Yesterday, Doug Ford called me a liar for saying he is a jobs disaster. So today I came with some facts.

Doug Ford is a Jobs Disaster. Doug Ford’s latest budget update — the 2025 Fall Economic Statement — fails to deliver for working people. DougFordsJobsDisaster.ca

Doug Ford is a jobs disaster.

Thousands of workers are waking up every morning not sure if they’re going to have a job to go to. So Doug Ford can point fingers and try to divert responsibility all he wants — what I’m concerned about is his ability to run a government.

💌 YOU’RE INVITED: Join us TONIGHT with MPPs Robin Lennox, Catherine McKenney and Sandy Shaw for a Renter Townhall! ➡️SAVE YOUR SPOT: OntarioNDP.ca/events

Doug Ford is a jobs disaster. Now, he wants to raise your rent and make it easier to lose your home. The Ontario NDP is fighting to defend renters and Stop Bill 60.

Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on a huge and inspiring victory tonight. A win for New York and for an affordability agenda that puts working people first.

You can’t make this up. Ten million dollars, money meant to train Ontario workers, handed to an adult entertainment club. It’s time for Doug Ford to show a shred of accountability and fire his Minister of Favours.

Congratulations to Kate White and the Yukon NDP on becoming the Official Opposition last night. New Democrats are in government or Official Opposition in 7 provinces and territories. Canadians know the NDP deliver results that make life better for working people. Let's keep building that momentum.

Ontarians know a conflict of interest when they see one. A low-scoring, late applicant still got millions from the Skills Development Fund after donating $10K to the Conservatives. $2.5 billion in taxpayer dollars, and this Minister can’t say how many full-time jobs it created.

#BREAKING: The Ontario Liberals refused to support Buy Ontario First. In the middle of a trade war with the U.S., they said no to protecting Ontario jobs and stopping public contracts from going to foreign companies.

#BREAKING: Doug Ford’s Conservatives just voted NO to Buy Ontario First. In the middle of a trade war with the U.S., they refused to protect Ontario jobs and stop public contracts from going to foreign companies.

Ontario is in the middle of a jobs disaster yet this Minister of Favours continues to use the Skills Development Fund as a Friends and Family Special.

This November marks 41 years since the 1984 Sikh Genocide when targeted violence destroyed lives, families, and communities. We remember those who were killed, and stand in solidarity with survivors and their families who continue to carry the pain of those days.

#BREAKING: New poll shows majority of Ontarians agree it's time for Doug Ford to fire his Minister of Labour, David Piccini. Enough is enough.

Biggest swing and miss this season? Trying to get tickets to the World Series. Our Fans First plan is simple: No ticket resales above face value. That means a $100 ticket resells for...$100. Not a cent more. Support our plan here: FairPricesNow.ca

WATCH: Pitting workers against each other based on how deep their pockets are is NOT how unions do business.

#BREAKING I'm speaking now at the Jobs Committee to grill the Minister of Favours for turning the Skills Development Fund into a pay-to-play scheme for insiders and Ontario PC Party Donors. Tune in now: OntarioNDP.ca/watch-live

If it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck, it's probably a duck. Millions of taxpayer dollars flowing into the pockets of the same well-connected insiders and lobbyists who donated to the Conservatives? Sounds like preferential treatment.

YOU’RE INVITED: Join Shadow Minister of Housing Catherine McKenney and Leader Marit Stiles on Wednesday, October 29 for an emergency virtual townhall about Doug Ford’s latest attack on renters with Bill 60. Hear more about the bill, our plan to stop it, and how you can take action.

Today’s HungerCount report is a reminder: no one should go hungry. Yet Ontario saw 763,000 food bank visits & 1M+ meals last year. I’m grateful to the volunteers stepping up daily—and I’ll keep fighting for incomes, housing & supports so food banks are a safety net, not a lifeline.

WATCH: Do the people of Ontario have to hire one of Doug Ford's lobbyists friends for him to pay attention? While 800,000 workers are lying awake at night wondering how they’ll pay the bills, this Premier is busy rewriting the rules to make it easier for his friends,donors, and insiders to cash in.

Today’s #HungerCount2025 shows record highs in Ontario: 763K food bank visits & 1M+ meals/snacks served this year. Visits are up 125% since 2019 — 30% are children. This isn’t normal. We’ll keep fighting for livable incomes, housing & supports so food banks are a safety net, not a lifeline.

Wouldn't it be great if a $100 ticket resold for...$100!? That's what we're proposing with our Fans First plan: no ticket resales above face value. Sign the petition: FairPricesNow.ca #WANTITALL

It's not about the applicants, it's the politicians. How can Ontarians trust this government when they keep seeing insiders get the fast track while they fall behind?

What does the Minister of Favours have to hide? At a time when 800,000 Ontarians are out of work, Ford's Minister is backing the wrong horse.

When the AG exposed the Greenbelt Scandal, she said the selection process was “not transparent, objective or fully informed.” When she investigated the Skills Development Fund, she found the selection process was “not fair, transparent, or accountable.” It's the same pattern. Year after year.

What a game, what a result. Congrats, Blue Jays! Now let’s do it all again tomorrow. #WANTITALL

Go Jays Go! Fans First = Fair Prices. Sign the petition: FairPricesNow.ca

Earlier today, I was asked if the $75M ads should be removed: "I absolutely do." We need to invest in protecting good jobs, creating opportunities, and strengthening our economy.

Let's talk facts. Ontario has lost 200,000 jobs since this government took office in 2018. Youth unemployment is sitting at a record high at 18%. So where's the plan?

A church, a night club, a dentist's office. What do they all have in common? They all got the friends and family special from the government

#BREAKING: Today, I am announcing the Ontario NDP's Fans First plan: ban ticket resale above face value. If a ticket says $100, fans should pay $100. Not a cent more. If Ford votes this down, fans will know exactly who to blame. 📣 Add your name to demand action: FairPricesNow.ca

We have a Premier who likes to play Captain Canada one day, Batman the next. Meanwhile, 800,000 Ontarians are without a job and the unemployment rate is the highest in decades. It's clear: Doug Ford is a jobs disaster.

800,000 people are out of work. 8% unemployment. It's a Doug Ford Jobs Disaster. How many more people will need to lose their job before this Premier takes action?

It's time for Doug Ford to do the right thing: Fire your Minister of Favours and fix the Skills Development Fund.

#WATCH: Today I asked Premier Ford if he thinks this is acceptable conduct for his "Minister of Favours".

Doug Ford is tough on shoplifters in Home Depot parking lots but all it takes for him to back down are three letters: USD. If he won't safeguard our economy, the Ontario NDP will with our Buy Ontario First plan. ➡️Support our plan to put Ontario workers first: OntarioNDP.ca/Buy-Ontario-First

Buy Ontario First will put your tax dollars to work for Ontario workers. More here: OntarioNDP.ca/buy-ontario-first

#BREAKING: Today I am introducing the Ontario NDP’s Buy Ontario First strategy. While Doug Ford awarded a $140-million hospital contract in Mississauga to an American company and 800,000 Ontarians are out of work, our plan will put tax dollars to work here at home for Ontario workers.

How many more scandals do we have to go through again before a Minister resigns under this government? It's time for Premier Ford to do the right thing and fire his Minister. ➡️ADD YOUR VOICE: OntarioNDP.ca/fire-piccini

How many more scandals do we have to go through again before a Minister resigns under this government? It's time for Premier Ford to do the right thing and fire his Minister. ➡️ADD YOUR VOICE: OntarioNDP.ca/fire-piccini

#BREAKING: Doug Ford is inviting you to PARTY WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. Don’t actually go. But do this instead – send an email to Doug Ford and tell him to FIRE his Minister of Favours David Piccini who turned the Skills Development Fund into pay-to-play. HERE: win.newmode.net/ontarionewde...

Let’s go Blue Jays! 💙🇨🇦 #WANTITALL

I was asked this question today. "Marit, what type of perception do you think it gives Ontarians when the Labour Minister is off at foreign weddings and hockey games with the same lobbyists that lobby him for millions of dollars?" Here was my answer:

Can the Minister of Labour explain how sipping champagne in front of the Champs Élysées is helping Ontarians find a real job?

David Piccini, Minister of ̶L̶a̶b̶o̶u̶r̶ Favours

Question Period starts at 10:30 – tune in: www.ola.org/en/legislati...