June 17, 2020
MPPs Lindo and Fife urge the Ford government to listen to parents before child care reopens
WATERLOO REGION — NDP MPPs Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) and Catherine Fife (Waterloo) have sent an open letter to the Minister of Education urging him to listen to the concerns of parents and... More
June 5, 2020
Ford’s failures exposed by dismal job numbers
WATERLOO – Following today’s Statistics Canada Labour Force survey, which revealed that Ontario was the only province or territory in Canada to suffer job losses in May, the Official Opposition NDP... More
May 15, 2020
Fife says latest job numbers show the Ford government needs to step up right now with the supports small businesses need to survive
WATERLOO – Catherine Fife, NDP critic for Economic Growth and Job Creation, has issued a statement following Friday’s latest job numbers released by Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO)... More
May 8, 2020
Women are bearing the brunt of the economic pain dished out by COVID-19
QUEEN’S PARK – The latest job numbers released Friday revealed that unemployment is surging during this pandemic, and that women in Ontario are bearing the brunt of the economic impact of COVID-19.... More
May 7, 2020
NDP calls for non-partisan select committee on Ontario’s economic recovery
QUEEN’S PARK – Catherine Fife, NDP Critic for Economic Growth and Job Creation and Sandy Shaw, NDP Finance Critic, are calling on the Ford government to strike an all-party select committee on the ... More
April 24, 2020
Ontario businesses need more support from Ford Conservatives
QUEEN’S PARK — The new commercial rent support program has got massive gaps that leave businesses out, and the provincial government should fill those gaps, according to Ontario’s Official Oppositi... More
April 20, 2020
FACT CHECK: Ford cut $25 million from the Health System Research Fund
QUEEN’S PARK — The Ford government’s announcement of $20 million for health research to look for a COVID-19 vaccine follows Doug Ford’s $25 million cut to the Health System Research Fund one year a... More
April 6, 2020
Provincial investments needed to keep Main Street afloat
NDP’s Horwath proposes a Save Main Street plan QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said small and medium-sized businesses, charities and community-based non-profits need m... More
March 13, 2020
COVID-19 Information for Constituents
Updated Monday April 20, 2020, 10:22 am I know many in our community are concerned about the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Team Fife will do our best to provide updates and direct constituent... More
March 5, 2020
MPP Fife applauds tabling of Till Death Do Us Part legislation in Nova Scotia
Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife is pleased that her bill, the Till Death Do Us Part Act, has started a national conversation about protecting a couple’s right to be placed together in long-term care; l... More
March 2, 2020
NDP MPPs reveal that Ford’s employment services privatization pilot is failed Liberal plan
QUEEN’S PARK — During question period Monday, NDP MPPs Catherine Fife (Waterloo) and Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) revealed that the privatization of employment services in Peel Region was already at... More
February 24, 2020
Ford government must implement Tribunal’s order to end gender pay gap for Ontario midwives
QUEEN’S PARK — France Gélinas, NDP Health Care critic and Peggy Sattler, NDP critic for Pay Equity, issued this statement in response to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal’s ruling that the Ford gov... More
February 18, 2020
Contracting out employment services to foreign multinationals will hurt job matching
QUEEN’S PARK — The Doug Ford government is gutting OW and ODSP employment services with its new scheme to contract out the program to multinational companies — one of which is a for-profit corporat... More
February 11, 2020
2020 Leading Women, Leading Girls Recognition Event
Dear community members, I am happy to announce that applications are now open for my 8th annual Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities Recognition Program. The leadership of women and g... More
January 24, 2020
NDP MPPs and community members call for enhanced support for children with autism
ELMIRA – On Friday, Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife and Kitchener Centre MPP Laura Mae Lindo gathered with community members outside of the office of Conservative MPP Mike Harris Jr. to call on the For... More
January 23, 2020
No new long-term care beds built in Kitchener-Waterloo in three years, NDP reveals
KITCHENER-WATERLOO — The NDP revealed Thursday that not a single long-term care bed has been created in Kitchener-Waterloo in three years. NDP MPPs Catherine Fife (Waterloo), Laura Mae Lindo (Kitch... More
January 21, 2020
Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program
About A government-funded dental care program providing free, routine dental services for low-income seniors who are 65 years of age or older. Coverage Includes: Check-ups, including scaling, fl... More
January 16, 2020
An Update on the Till Death Do Us Part Act
Status of the Bill Bill 153, the Till Death Do Us Part Act, was tabled on November 27, 2019 and passed Second Reading on December 12, 2019. It has been referred to the Standing Committee on Justice... More
January 7, 2020
MPP Fife's 8th Annual New Year's Levee
You're invited to my 8th Annual New Year's Levee. This event is my way to say thank you to our community as we embark on the year ahead. Let's enjoy brunch together, live music and an opportunity ... More
December 12, 2019
NDP MPP Fife’s Till Death Do Us Part Act passes critical stage with unanimous support
QUEEN’S PARK – Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife’s Till Death Do Us Part Act successfully passed its critical second reading vote on Thursday. The Till Death Do Us Part Act amends the Long-Term Care Home... More
December 3, 2019