Affordable Education

New Democrats believe students should be able to afford a high-quality post-secondary education – because young people are our future – because we all benefit from a highly-educated workforce – and because no-one should have to mortgage their future to build a better life for themselves.

Raise the Wage

New Democrats believe working families deserve a fair day's pay for a hard day's work - that people who work hard and play by the rules should be rewarded with the opportunity to earn decent living and have the chance to get ahead. That's why we want a $10 minimum wage TODAY. It's good for workers. It's good for small business where people spend their money. It's good for Ontario.

Better Health Care

Let’s establish a minimum standard of care for seniors. Let’s hire more health care workers to care for seniors. Let’s increase funding for seniors’ services. Let’s stop privatization and make sure health dollars go to patients not profits. Let’s pass the NDP’s Safeguard Our Seniors Act to protect seniors from abuse and protect whistleblowers from punishment.

Fairness for New Ontarians

New Democrats believe in an Ontario that is strong because it is diverse -- where people from different backgrounds, from different countries and who speak different languages all work together to build a province where everyone shares in our prosperity.

Pump Shock

Gas price regulation is an idea that will make a real difference for drivers. It will stop gas price volatility, eliminate opportunistic price gouging and deliver fair, stable and predictable fuel prices – and lower gas prices over the long haul.

Fair Property Taxes

The Freeze Till Sale property assessment model - put forward by the NDP's Task Force on Assessment and Property Tax - would freeze the assessed value of your home at its purchase price for as long as you own your home. It would make property assessment fair, predictable and easier to understand.

Help the Vulnerable

Let’s build that affordable housing. Let’s create more child care spaces. Let’s provide treatment to every autistic child who needs it. And let’s stop the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement – which robs $1,500 a year from our poorest children

Clean Green Energy

The NDP stands a safe, clean, affordable and reliable supply of publicly owned and publicly controlled electricity, focused on an aggressive approach to renewables, energy efficiency and energy conservation.

This approach worked in California where the state built the equivalent of 12 power plants with energy efficiency investments, replacing the need for 12,000 megawatts of generation capacity – or almost 50 per cent of Ontario’s peak demand on a hot summer day. We can make it work in Ontario too.

Job Protection

The NDP has a positive practical plan. The Job Protection Act – if passed – would establish an Ontario Job Protection Commissioner to help at-risk companies overcome financial difficulties and sustain good manufacturing jobs.