Catherine Fife MPP, Waterloo

Government of Ontario

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December 10, 2024

MPP Fife: FAO expenditure report shows systemic underfunding of key sectors

QUEEN’S PARK – Catherine Fife (Waterloo), the Ontario NDP critic for Finance and Treasury Board, has released the following statement in response to the latest expenditure report from the Financial... More
November 21, 2024

MPP Fife: "Supportive housing provides better health outcomes, saves money, and that's a win-win"

WATERLOO – MPP Catherine Fife met with community members on November 14 to discuss how the housing crisis is affecting Waterloo region. Fife spoke with Barbara Hill, from the Waterloo Region Allian... More
November 14, 2024

MPP Fife: Ontarians stuck in an endless bad news cycle with no affordable housing in sight

WATERLOO – MPP Catherine Fife, NDP critic for Finance, responded to the Financial Accountability Office (FAO)’s Economic Monitor:“Shelter costs are going up, housing starts are going down – Ontaria... More
October 31, 2024

MPP Fife: The government is failing to hit its own targets

The lack of affordable housing affects millions of Ontarians, and based on the Fall Economic Statement, this government has given up on addressing it. Housing starts are down. Again. The governmen... More
October 30, 2024

MPP Fife: "Under Doug Ford's government, we have become a 'have-not' province"

By MPP Catherine Fife QUEEN'S PARK - On October 30, before the Minister of Finance presented the Fall Economic Statement, I asked him if the government was going to course-correct and start focusin... More
October 30, 2024

Mental health care is health care: MPP Fife

By MPP Catherine Fife QUEEN'S PARK - Mental health care is health care, and we need to treat it as such. In 2020, the waitlist to access counselling and therapy was 67 days; now, it's two and a hal... More
October 30, 2024

Stiles: You’re not getting what you paid for in Ford’s latest Fall Economic Statement

QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, said that Ontarians aren’t getting what they paid for in the Fall Economic statement:  “People deserve a government that puts their tax dolla... More
October 25, 2024

Local pharmacies that have COVID tests in stock

WATERLOO - Constituents are contacting my office every week, asking about COVID test kits and telling me that they're disappointed because they can't find any. To date, I have not been able to find... More
October 24, 2024

Ontario NDP marks Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Teresa Armstrong (London Fanshawe), NDP critic for Childcare, released the following statement to mark Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Appreciation Day:  "To... More