April 29, 2019
NDP to Ford: listen to experts before cutting public health
QUEEN’S PARK — Bhutila Karpoche, Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, said the NDP has listened to experts describe the disastrous consequences if the Ford Conservatives go ahead wi... More
April 25, 2019
NDP MPP Bhutila Karpoche to introduce bill to stop taxes on medical supplies
QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) will table a private member’s bill to exempt certain medical supplies from the Ontario portion of the HST at the cash register. More
April 18, 2019
Girls Government students urge province to fight period poverty
QUEEN’S PARK — Grade 8 students from Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School held a press conference Wednesday to call on the Ontario government to provide free menstrual products in public washro... More
April 16, 2019
Ford’s budget dangerously ignores mental health and addictions
TORONTO — Bhutila Karpoche, Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, said Doug Ford’s first budget ignores the desperate need to improve supports for those struggling with mental health... More
April 12, 2019
NDP MPP calls on Ford Conservatives to restore mental health and addictions funding
QUEEN’S PARK — Bhutila Karpoche, Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, released the following statement in the lead-up to the provincial budget Thursday: More
April 1, 2019
NDP slams Ford government’s reaction to outcry over shutdown of overdose prevention sites
QUEEN’S PARK — The Official Opposition NDP Leader, Andrea Horwath, and the NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions Bhutila Karpoche called on the Ford Conservatives today in question period to ... More
March 29, 2019
Ford denies approval to six overdose prevention sites, risking lives
QUEEN’S PARK — Bhutila Karpoche, Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, released the following statement in response to news that the Ford Conservatives are approving only 15 overdose... More
March 26, 2019
Ford Conservatives stall on overdose prevention sites as death toll climbs
QUEEN’S PARK — Especially in light of a shocking new opioid-related death-toll number, Bhutila Karpoche, Ontario NDP critic for Mental Health and Addictions, said it’s simply wrong for the Ford C... More
March 20, 2019
NDP MPP says Timbercreek Asset Management should stop exploiting tenants at West Lodge apartment buildings in Parkdale
TORONTO — NDP MPP for Parkdale-High Park Bhutila Karpoche is calling on the Ford government to pressure rental company Timbercreek Asset Management to carry out long-overdue repairs to two Parkdale... More
February 21, 2019