December 18, 2020
Niagara region moving to red zone shows desperate need for investments in action
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPPs Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls), Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) and Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) released the following statement in response to the Niagara region being moved t... More
December 10, 2020
Ford must step up with emergency funding for municipalities to avoid service cuts
WELLAND – Official Opposition NDP Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch has released a statement after the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) published a new report revealing that the COVID-19 pan... More
December 8, 2020
NDP calls for investigation into PC insiders benefitting in majority of fast-track development approvals
Ford government has signed 38 Minister’s Zoning Orders, at least half of which benefit PC insiders QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch says Doug Ford is rolling out the red carpe... More
December 2, 2020
MPP Burch asks Integrity Commissioner to investigate Ford and Xinyi glass factory meetings
QUEEN'S PARK —The NDP's Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) wrote to Ontario's Integrity Commissioner asking him to investigate if the Ford government's Minister's Zoning Order (MZ... More
November 24, 2020
Burch demands Health Minister immediately reverse directive that denies pay to health care workers who need to self-isolate
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) has demanded the Ford government reverse a directive from the Ministry of Health that tells hospitals to stop paying frontline heath care workers ... More
November 2, 2020
Burch’s Bill to Regulate Supportive Living Accommodations Wins Unanimous Support
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) has released a statement after his private member’s bill, Protecting Vulnerable Persons in Supportive Living Accommodation Act, 2020 (Bill 164), w... More
September 24, 2020
Burch: Ford government needs to make decisions based on evidence – not make evidence based on their decisions
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) was at the Ontario legislature this week to urge the Minister of Education to follow the evidence and cap class sizes at 15 students, following an... More
July 17, 2020
NDP’s Burch: Municipalities need more than a band-aid
WELLAND – Jeff Burch MPP (Niagara Centre), the Official Opposition NDP’s critic for Municipal Affairs, has issued a statement following the federal government’s announcement of a Safe Restart agree... More
July 3, 2020
NDP’s Burch urges Ford to provide emergency operating relief funding for municipalities
WELLAND – NDP Municipal Affairs critic Jeff BurchMPP (Niagara Centre) has written an open letter to Doug Ford urging him to respond to the dire financial situation facing municipal governments acro... More
December 4, 2019