Cheri in defense of independent pharmacists
On April 23, 2010 Pardale-High Park MPP and Small Business Critic Cheri DiNovo stopped by independent pharmacists along the retail strip on Bloor West to show her support and get feedback.
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Girls Government at Queen’s Park.
On April 15, 2010, the Girls Government visited Queen’s Park. This year’s girls are grade 8 students from Annette Jr PS and Runnymede Jr PS.
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Cheri supports fashion designers.
On March 31, 2010, Cheri DiNovo along with MPP Christine Elliot (PC) held a news conference to call on Culture Minister Michael Chan to include fashion under the province’s culture mandate.
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Cheri quoted in Story of home children part of our history. By: Jim Coyle
On February 22, 2010, Cheri DiNovo was quoted in the Toronto Star’s Story of home children part of our history.
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Cheri on The Agenda with Steve Paikin
On January 5, 2010, Cheri DiNovo was on the TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin discussing “Ontario’s Labour Peace: Bought or Brought?” Click on the link above to watch a video of the episode.
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Cheri’s YouTube Channel
Cheri now has a YouTube Channel! We will be filming some of the events, press releases, and rallies Cheri attends and hosts and posting them online for you to see. Please stop by and check it out!
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Cheri at the Clean Train Coalition’s Human Train Rally
Cheri is still fighting daily against the Metrolinx plan to send more than 400 dirty diesel trains through our community daily. In her fight to Go Electric NOW!, Cheri attended the Clean Train Coalition’s Human Train Rally. Please see her impassioned speech on her Youtube Channel!
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Thunder Bay rallies around gay-bashing victim
CTVNews: October 7, 2009
NDP critic Cheri DiNovo said she hoped the police wouldn’t shy away from labelling the attack a hate crime if evidence shows Raynard’s sexual orientation was behind the attack.”It should be a badge of honour that people make sure that hate crimes are not happening in their communities, not a badge of shame,” she said.
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DiNovo’s bill could solve Ontario’s housing crisis
Inside Toronto: October 7, 2009
Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo’s private member’s bill amending the Planning Act to allow for inclusionary housing received a unanimous vote on its second reading late last month.
If passed, the piece of legislation could potentially create hundreds of affordable housing units across the province. DiNovo called it a “simple bill.”
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DiNovo supports ombudsman investigation into Metrolinx
Canada Views: October 6, 2009
“For months, residents of westend Toronto have been demanding that GO Transit and Metrolinx meet and discuss electrification of the Georgetown South rail corridor. Repeatedly, those residents have been ignored,” said DiNovo.
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DiNovo Continues Diesel Fight
Inside Toronto: October 6, 2009
The Clean Train Coalition said it would continue to fight for electric trains as did DiNovo, who said she would take her lead from the coalition.
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Practical help for landlords, tenants
Toronto Sun: October 6, 2009
“Where it all falls down is enforcement.” New Democrat MPP Cheri Di Novo said, noting the onus remains on victims of discrimination to be willing to press their cases at the human rights tribunal.
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Women Politicians Encourage More Women to Take the Lead in Politics
Daily Exchange: October 5, 2009
Ontario’s NDP leader and Hamilton MPP Andrea Horwath will be joined by Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo and NDP President and former MP Peggy Nash for a forum on why Canadians must do more to elect women to all levels of government – tonight Monday, October 5 in Brampton, Ontario.
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Affordable Housing: A New Hope
Pulse Niagara: October 1, 2009
It’s a simple piece of legislation that, if passed, has the potential to create hundreds of affordable housing units. And after last Thursday’s unanimous vote on second reading in the Ontario legislature, Parkdale–High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo’s private member’s bill that would allow for inclusionary housing is another step closer to reality.
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Residents Want Train Derailed
“We’re calling for immediate implementation of electric trains, rather than study and then going electric,” NDP High Park-Parkdale MPP Cheri DiNovo said. “That makes no sense.”
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Province Gets Electrifying Reminder
Metro News: July 21, 2009
NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale-High Park) said the public has to keep up the pressure on the Liberal government to ensure 300 to 500 diesel trains aren’t chugging through the west-end of Toronto every day.
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Ontario to offer rebates for hybrid vehicles?
“This is your classic deathbed conversion for both
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NDP’s radical reverend DiNovo rattles the rafters at Legislature
Toronto Star: May 11, 2009
Cheri DiNovo – in the largely personality-free zone that is the Ontario Legislature – stands out like, well, a colourful Tibetan dress, a bracing dose of radical rhetoric and a set of pipes worthy of a pulpit.
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MPP: ‘Will you put Ruby Dhalla in jail?’
“Will you put Ruby Dhalla in jail?” – that was the question asked by NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo in the Ontario legislature this morning.DiNovo was demanding action from Ontario Labour Minister Peter Fonseca in the case of the Liberal MP accused by her two nannies of exploitation.
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MPP Cheri DiNovo calls for Minister of Labour to take action in the Ruby Dhalla case
Globe and Mail, May 6, 2009
NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo to Labour Minister Peter Fonseca: “The question is: Will you stand up for the Liberal Party or will you stand up for workers in Ontario?” asked Ms. DiNovo. “Will you penalize Ruby Dhalla? Will you put Ruby Dhalla in jail?”
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Politicians attempt to make legislature more family-friendly
680 News -Toronto,
New Democrat Cheri DiNovo said Queen’s Park will continue to be dominated by men until the anti-family culture around the legislature changes.
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NDP calls for legislation to prevent workplace harassment, violence
Canada East -Moncton,
New Democrat Cheri DiNovo said the province should be taking a proactive approach to protect vulnerable workers by conducting random checks of workplaces.
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RESOURCES FOR THE MEDIA
A Summary of Cheri DiNovo’s work at Queen’s Park.mpp-dinovo-queens-park-summary.doc summary-of-resolutions-tabled-by-cheri-dinovo.docMPP Cheri DiNovo’s Private Member’s Bills. click on the Bill number to view.b150.pdf b186.pdf b191.pdf b205.pdf b224.pdfDecember 2006, 8 days before Christmas Premier Dalton McGuinty gave himself a $40,000 pay hike. MPP’s received a 31% increase. MPP Cheri DiNovo said that’s not right. She voted against the pay raise and has since been donating her increase to local groups in need.06-12-18-donation-to-foodbanks.doc07-02-07-dinovo-first-donation.docPress releases from MPP Cheri DiNovo.07-03-12-press-release-fdcc.doc07-03-28-child-performers-bill-release.doc 07-05-15-payday-lenders-release.doc 07-05-22-respect-press-release.docMPP Cheri DiNovo encourages the next legislature to elect a woman Speaker of the House.07-04-24-pr-woman-speaker-final-copy.doc link to $10 minimun wage article in HR Reporter.07-02-12-article-in-hr-reporter.pdf
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