August 11, 2021
New COVID guidelines for schools fall short
TORONTO — NDP Education critic Marit Stiles said Ontario's new COVID-19 guidelines for schools fall short, and won't keep students and education workers safe: More
August 4, 2021
Ford’s back-to-school scheme is rolling the dice with kids’ school year
BRANTFORD and TORONTO — NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Education critic Marit Stiles say Doug Ford’s refusal to make investments into student and staff safety in schools this September is rolling th... More
July 27, 2021
Six-week countdown to school; NDP demands Safe September plan
QUEEN'S PARK — Tuesday marks six weeks to go until the first day of school for most Ontario students, and the Ford government’s plan for the coming school year is well overdue, says NDP Education c... More
July 9, 2021
Letter to the Chief Medical Officer of Health on a safe return to schools
On Friday, Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath and I wrote to Ontario’s new Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore to express the uncertainty facing families, students and educatio... More
July 8, 2021
Sick Kids report shows desperate needs for Safe September, mental health investments
TORONTO and HAMILTON — NDP Education critic Marit Stiles and Mental Health and Addictions critic Monique Taylor released the following statement in response to a new report by the Hospital for Sick... More
July 7, 2021
Letter: Problem-plagued Math Proficiency Test has wide-reaching consequences
MPPs Marit Stiles, Laura Mae Lindo and Guy Bourgouin have written to the Education Minister to raise ongoing concerns with the problem-plagued Math Proficiency Test and the impacts it is having on ... More
July 6, 2021
Stiles calls Education minister’s lack of action on Safe Schools for September troubling
TORONTO — NDP Education critic Marit Stiles released the following statement in response to two days of press events by Education Minister Stephen Lecce at which he made no mention of any action wh... More
June 25, 2021
Ontario to move to Step 2 of reopening plan June 30
With over 76 per cent of the population in Ontario ages 18 and over having received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and over 29 per cent having received their second dose, Ontario is moving the prov... More
June 23, 2021
Forceful displacement won't solve housing crisis
I’ve heard from many in the community this week about the startling use of force by the City of Toronto and Toronto Police against unhoused people encamped in Trinity-Bellwoods Park. Seeing hundred... More
June 10, 2021