Joel Harden MPP / Député, Ottawa Centre

Government of Ontario

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Email Update: Paid sick days are a step towards racial justice

Click here to read our weekly newsletter, now available in your inbox. In it, I highlight the need for paid sick days for workers and how providing these are a step towards racial justice.  There a... More

COVID Update #53: Paid sick days are a step towards racial justice

  Next week, I’m headed to Toronto as the Ontario Legislature resumes.  At the very first moment, the Official Opposition will put forward nine bills & motions for unanimous consent. ... More

Ford hurting Ontario’s most vulnerable during COVID-19 with ODSP download to cities

OTTAWA –  Doug Ford is going after Ontario’s most vulnerable people during this pandemic by downloading ODSP onto cities, said NDP critic for Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities, Joel Harde... More

Harden calls for investigation into alleged vaccine queue-jumping in Ottawa

OTTAWA — Joel Harden, NDP MPP for Ottawa Centre, released the following statement in response to allegations about vaccine queue-jumping at a local retirement home revealed by an Ottawa Citizen rep... More

Letter to Minister Elliott on Vaccines for People with Disabilities

Today, my colleague MPP France Gelinas (Official Opposition Critic for Health) wrote the Minister Christine Elliott asking what the government's plan is to vaccine people with disabilities. Read th... More

Letter to Minister Elliott re: Vaccines for People with Disabilities

Read pdf version here.  February 10, 2021 Dear Minister Elliott, We are writing to you regarding the government’s vaccination plan and the prioritization of at-risk people with disabilities. In par... More