I want to introduce you to Owen. He usually lives in a Salvation Army group home at Oriole Parkway, where community care workers enable him to live a stable, happy life surrounded by friends. He is quiet, but writes letters to express his emotions. As care workers fight to ensure they can continue to care for residents like Owen, he is living temporarily between different locations. Whilst staying at his sister and brother’s homes has been possible, it is often very distressing for him. Since the strike began, Owen has written letters asking to go back to Oriole Parkway. He doesn’t understand what is happening and why he can’t be at his home currently – and his sister recently had to take him to visit Oriole Parkway because he was so upset. Owen’s sister wrote to me, and asked me to share his story - showing exactly why care workers deserve the right to receive their retroactive pay – after the Conservatives’ wage-limiting Bill 124 was struck down – and to be recognised as essential workers. She supports them completely. She also was shocked that Premier Ford was focused on buying private planes, but didn’t seem interested in helping vulnerable people like Owen in care, or the workers that care for him. I agree. Owen and his care workers deserve so much better.

Hello Bay Cloverhill 👋 This week, @kristynwongtam and I joined people from across the neighbourhood to see and hear what was on your minds. Together we talked: 📚❌ OSAP Cuts 🏠 Affordable housing 📈 Rising rents 🛋️ Aging in place 🛵 E-bikes and road safety Thank you to everyone who joined us to share your voice, learn what’s happening at Queen’s Park, and how we can help you and your neighbours.

When summer hits, tenants start baking in hot apartments. The relentless humidity and heat are miserable for everyone, and dangerous for some, especially seniors and people with health issues. After sitting on their hands for three raging hot summers, the Conservatives have finally changed Ontario’s Residential Tenancies Act to give tenants the right to install and use a window or portable air conditioner. If the landlord pays for electricity, they may be able to increase the rent to recover the actual or reasonably estimated cost of running the air conditioner. What the government didn't approve, however, was making cooling a vital service and setting a maximum temperature for all rental homes. That's what we're going to fight for. This is about safety and quality of life.

The Ford government needs to come to the table with @OPSEU workers for a fair deal that allows them to: ✅ Return to jobs and people they care for 🚨 Earn a fair and livable wage ✉️ Recieve retroactive pay they are owed 🤝 Have a stable and secure future Owen, and people in need across the province are waiting and counting on them to do the right thing.

BELL: Students and families at Heydon Park Secondary deserve certainty From @JessicaBellTO #onpoli ontariondp.ca/news/bell-stud…

4,500 frontline @OPSEU social service workers across Ontario are on strike for: ✅ Fair wages 💼 Safe working conditions 💵 Real investment in the services people depend on ❌ Since 2018, per-person funding for social services has been cut dramatically - by 16.4% ⁉️ In the latest provincial budget, this funding was cut again - by another 2.4% In my community, I visited workers at Surrey Place, who want to return to providing support for people of all ages with autism and developmental disabilities. And at Sistering, Toronto’s only 24/7 drop-in for women and gender-diverse people, workers are fighting to ensure they can sustainably support people as they face homelessness and precarious housing. Workers deserve fair, funded wage increases, and people across our province deserve stable community health and social services. This how we make care in our communities a reality - that everyone can rely on.

BREAKING: The TDSB will force students of a special-needs high school to relocate to another, undisclosed school, as soon as next winter. It's the latest in a series of moves that have raised fears the board plans to close the school. #onted 1/ torontotoday.ca/local/educat…

Truly awful to hear a young cyclist has been hit by a car on Harbord. I hope you are okay. My daughter saw the ambulance drive you to hospital and wondered if it was me. She called to check. We shouldn't have to risk injury or death just to bike to work or school or visit a friend. But we do. Something needs to change.

Instead of private jets and Billy Bishop airport expansions for Wall Street, Doug Ford should be investing in: 🏗️ Public infrastructure 📚🏥 Public services This keeps and creates good jobs, and will lower costs to bring affordability within reach.

Over $1 billion goes to private companies administering Ontario government programs: OPSEU report cp24.com/politics/queens-par…

2026 Q1 in Doug Ford’s Ontario: 📉 Steepest drop in the labour force since 1976 📦 Worst rate of job losses (pandemic aside) since 2009 With jobs numbers this bad, it’s no wonder why the Premier closed Queen’s Park early and gave himself a five-month summer vacation. Doug Ford is a jobs disaster.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is writing to Prime Minister Mark Carney, urging him to block the Ford government’s plans for Billy Bishop Airport, arguing he is the “only one who can stop this expansion.” globalnews.ca/news/11876738/… #onpoli

Building more Toronto-area social housing could give the economy a $50-billion boost, report says trib.al/ZulQXQZ

💲 Ending cap-and-trade 💨 Cancelling wind and renewable energy projects 🚧 Encouraging planning of Carbon-intense low density sprawl The Conservatives have been committed in their gutting of Ontario’s environmental protections.

This is how bad the Conservatives are failing on climate: ❌ Missing their own targets 🧮 Double counting emission reduction figures 🚨 Refusing to release the latest data 🔥🌊 Ignoring extreme weather  After 2030, the government won't even have public targets, a plan, or data tracking.  We’re flying in the dark – Ontario’s terrible climate plan should inspire action. Read my thoughts on what we do next: jessicabellmpp.ca/climate_pl…

Our public health care should always be there when you need it – and never leave you searching for your credit card. We know there’s only one card you should ever need when visiting your local ER or clinic: Your OHIP card – fully public, fully covered.

Today, thousands of us sent a clear message to Doug Ford’s Conservatives: ❌ Stop privatizing health care ✅ Start funding our hospitals 🚑 Ensure everyone gets the public health care they need I agree with @OntarioHealthC – our public health care is for people, not profit.

What could a rent freeze for Ontario’s rent-controlled homes in 2027 and 2028 do? Save 1.5 million renter households $1200 each, across the two years – that’s not chump change. It’s a simple, practical solution.

Join myself, @kristynwongtam , community groups, residents, and young people for a Community Townhall in the Bay Cloverhill neighbourhood 🌳🏙️ 🚨 Get the latest updates 💬 Ask questions 🤝 Share your feedback 🏠 Meet your neighbours When: Tuesday June 9 at 6:30 PM Where: YWCA Auditorium at 87 Elm Street RSVP at: jessicabellmpp.ca/bay_clover…

New: the Ford government has voted against an NDP bill to remove HST on food products & non-alcoholic beverages.