JenniferFrench
Oshawa
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First elected in June 2014, Jennifer French is the MPP for Oshawa and the Official Opposition Critic for Transportation - Highways.
As a dedicated educator, Jennifer has over 10 years’ experience teaching in Ontario and abroad. She actively gives back to her community as an advocate for equity, social justice, and strong public services.
Jennifer also has a committed record fighting for workers’ rights. She has been an active member of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) in Durham, involved with the Ontario Federation of Labour, and the Durham Region Labour Council.
Jennifer works hard to ensure that people have access to good jobs, a strong publicly funded education system, and a voice in their community. She is a strong advocate for the people of Oshawa and is committed to bringing meaningful change to her community.
Since long before the Pandemic and throughout, MPP French has worked alongside families, frontlines and seniors to improve access to quality healthcare, and caring and accountable long-term care and services for aging Ontarians.
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NDP MPPs Re-introduce Anti-Replacement Worker Legislation
QUEEN’S PARK—Today, NDP MPP France Gélinas introduced the Anti-Scab Labour Act, 2023 in the Ontario legislature with co-sponsors MPPs Jennifer French, Wayne Gates, Lisa Gretzky and Jamie West. The MPPs were joined by workers from Windsor and Oshawa who are presently on strike and can see firsthand the effects...
Lise Vaugeois Statement on Developmental Disability Housing
QUEEN'S PARK: Long-time NDP Critic for Seniors and Persons Living with Disabilities, Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay–Superior North) issued the following statement on the pressing issue affecting hundreds of vulnerable adults with developmental disabilities in Ontario.
In far too many instances, adults with...
NDP: Don’t play politics with vulnerable Ontarians’ lives
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), the NDP Critic for Children, Community and Social Services, issued the following statement after the Ford Conservatives’ surprise procedural move to disrupt her private members’ bill, which was scheduled for debate on Thursday. By delaying second reading,...
NDP: Ford shortchanging school boards will mean fewer supports for students
QUEEN'S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader, Marit Stiles, and Education critic, Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West-Nepean), are calling out the Ford government for voting down an Opposition Day motion to cover all pandemic-related expenditures incurred by school boards across the province, including supports for...
West condemns Conservatives’ unsafe, understaffed ferry services
QUEEN'S PARK - NDP Labour Critic Jamie West (Sudbury) used Question Period today to condemn the Conservative government for exacerbating a manufactured staffing crisis among ferry workers in Kingston by paying an out-of-province, temporary staffing agency two to three times more than the unionized MTO ferry...
Ontario’s New Democrats already preparing for 2026 provincial election
ETOBICOKE - Ontario NDP Provincial Council delegates received the final report from the Campaign Review Committee on Saturday, outlining key recommendations as the Party begins to prepare for the 2026 provincial election. The Party undergoes a formal review following each provincial election campaign.
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NDP: Ford inhumanely eliminates emergency health care for uninsured, including Ukrainian refugees
SUDBURY – NDP Health Critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) issued the following statement this morning after learning of the Ford Conservatives’ decision to end the Physician and Hospital Services for Uninsured Persons program next week:
“There’s no other way to describe this decision other than cruel...
Stiles: ford cuts eye exams for seniors as he chips away at public health care
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles released the following statement in response to the Ford Conservatives plan to reduce eye exam eligibility for seniors:
"Seniors are having a hard enough time right now without having to go longer between eye exams, which are critical to...
Stiles: Ford’s budget fails to meet the moment
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Leader, Marit Stiles took Ford’s Conservatives to task on a budget that fails to meet the moment. Stiles has a vision of an Ontario with more opportunity and prosperity for everyone – not just for Ford's well-connected insiders.
“Ford’s...
NDP wishes all those celebrating, Ramadan Mubarak
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Deputy Leader and MPP for Scarborough-Southwest, Doly Begum, released the following statement to mark the start of Ramadan:
“Today Muslims across Ontario, Canada, and around the world will begin observing the month of Ramadan. This is a very special time for the Muslim community - a...
NDP response to Ford cancelling paid sick days
QUEEN'S PARK — Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles issued the following statement in response to reports that the Ford government will be ending the paid sick days program next week:
“This government is no friend to workers.
Nobody in Ontario should have to go to work sick, or leave a sick child,...
Gretzky, NDP call for provincial budget that invests in Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK – In Queen’s Park today, MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) called for a provincial budget that invests in Ontarians and charts a new, hopeful path forward for the province:
“Budgets are all about priorities. Tomorrow’s provincial budget is such an important opportunity for us to make...
