CatherineMcKenney
Ottawa Centre
Here for Ottawa Centre
Catherine is the co-founder of CitySHAPES, a national nonprofit organization working to make Cities better for everyone.
Catherine cares deeply about equity through affordable housing & ending homelessness, climate action, transit & active transportation, trees & greenspace, and healthcare and how we build our cities so everyone can thrive in them.
Catherine is a former Ottawa city Councillor. They worked at the City in senior roles prior to becoming elected in 2014.
News
Gretzky: “Housing is a Human Right”
WINDSOR – MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) released the following statement regarding the urgent needs of women’s shelters and affordable housing in Windsor and across the province:
"Housing is a human...
NDP: Home care patients are still paying the price for another bad deal by Ford
HANMER, ON – MPP France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) released the following statement in response to the ongoing supply issues facing home care providers and their patients.
“Home care patients should be able to count on the basic necessities of care – yet for over three months they have faced delayed,...
NDP: While Alberta and Quebec are building homes, Ontario is falling behind
TORONTO — Ontario NDP MPP Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale) released the following statement in response to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s monthly housing starts report:
“The housing...
NDP: Ford’s systemic underfunding is setting Ontario’s students back a generation
QUEENS PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP and MPP Chandra Pasma, NDP Critic for Education released the following statement in response to the FAO’s report on the state of our schools:
“Today’s report makes it clear that Ford’s cuts to education are setting our students back by a...
NDP MPPs have solutions to Ford health care crisis in Northen Ontario – “If the conservatives won’t do it, we will”.
THUNDER BAY – NDP MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and NDP health critic France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) are not surprised but continue to be disappointed by the complete lack of action on the health care crisis that conservatives have exacerbated in the six years they have held power.
“The...
Session recap: Stiles’ NDP fighting for the basics, Ford’s Conservatives divide and distract
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles’ Ontario NDP ended the legislative session keeping the focus on fighting for the basics and holding Ford’s Conservatives to account for wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on schemes, scandals and vanity projects.
“The people of Ontario need a government that’s in their...
West passes bill designating June 1 Injured Workers Day in Ontario
QUEEN'S PARK - Jamie West, MPP for Sudbury and Labour critic for the Ontario NDP passed his Private Member’s Bill to officially recognize June 1 of each year as Injured Workers Day in Ontario. This is 41 years in the making, and a huge win for injured workers around the province!
In 1983, the provincial...
MPP Gates Champions Niagara Solutions for Primary Care Crisis
QUEENS PARK – On Thursday, MPP Wayne Gates is inviting the provincial government to work with experts and act on addressing the primary care crisis affecting families & seniors in Niagara and across the province.
“We have over 2.2 million Ontarians without a family doctor – and this crisis has been...
NDP MPP calls for tougher enforcement of rental laws to crackdown on ‘house of horrors’
QUEENS PARK – MPP Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale) stood with Toronto renters to announce a new motion that would empower the Rental Housing Enforcement Unit (RHEU) to swiftly and effectively respond to tenant concerns.
“Too many renters in Ontario are being taken advantage of by landlords that know...
Vanthof: Why won’t this government take Northern highway safety seriously?
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP John Vanthof (Timiskaming – Cochrane) slammed the government on highway safety amid increasing dangerous conditions in Northern Ontario due to negligence and inexperienced commercial drivers during Question Period:
"Our highways in Northern Ontario, particularly Highways 11 and 17,...
Sattler: Our colleges and universities need to be a top priority
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP critic for Colleges and Universities MPP Peggy Sattler (London West) released the following statement in response to reports of colleges being forced to make $752 million in cuts:
“Investing in our colleges is investing in our future. After decades of chronic underfunding, made worse by...
Mamakwa: Conservative Health Minister’s blatant neglect and disrespect worsening health care in Northern Ontario
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Sol Mamakwa, Deputy Leader of the Ontario NDP, demanded answers on the health care crisis in Northern Ontario.
“In Sioux Lookout, 3100 people don’t have access to a family doctor. That’s more than half the population,” said Mamakwa. “People across the North have the worst health...
