KathrynShailer
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex
Here for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex
Kathryn Shailer is the Ontario NDP candidate for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, ready to champion the fight for an easier and more affordable life.
With strong roots in Alvinston, an extensive educational background, and leadership roles in various Canadian post-secondary institutions, Kathryn is uniquely prepared to address the needs of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. With her experience, compassion, and sincerity, she is the advocate the community deserves at Queen’s Park.
In her community, Kathryn is a driving force for positive change. She has been involved with the Brooke-Alvinston Optimist Club, takes active roles in Friends of Campbell Park, and the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts. She also orchestrates the Alvinston Arts & Music Festival and extends her impact through initiatives like the Community Friendship Meals at Bothwell United Church. Her diverse contributions are all focused on building stronger, more caring communities in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex.
Kathryn has played a pivotal role in organizing the NDP's federal and provincial campaign committees. Alongside Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP Caucus, she’s ready to deliver solutions for faster, better, publicly-funded, and publicly-delivered health care. She’s ready to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, fight for good jobs with better wages, and push for stronger investments in education, housing, and environmental sustainability.
After 5 long years under Ford's Conservatives, working Ontarians are grappling with tougher living conditions, overshadowed by government corruption and policies skewed towards insiders and corporate gains. That’s why Kathryn is committed to bringing transparency, accountability, and integrity back to Queen’s Park, and it’s why she’s stepping up as the Ontario NDP candidate for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex.
Kathryn calls Alvinston home, where she cherishes life as a mother of two and a grandmother of three.
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MPP West Takes Aim at Predatory Sudbury Landlords
QUEEN'S PARK — Today, NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) called for enhanced tenant protections after tenants in a Sudbury building were targeted by an out-of-town landlord looking to evict them:
"Countless Sudbury tenants have contacted my office, reporting instances of their landlord attempting to coerce them...
NDP calls to mandate anti-dooring devices on all rideshare vehicles
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina – Fort York) joined advocates and community members to call for mandatory anti-dooring devices on all rideshare vehicles to prevent dangerous dooring accidents.
Glover shared his own experience after being doored and announced a motion that...
Ontario NDP’s MPP Armstrong to Ford: stop delaying affordable childcare.
QUEEN'S PARK – NDP Childcare Critic Teresa Armstrong (London-Fanshawe) is calling out Ford for repeated delays in delivering the long-promised funding to make $10 a day child care a reality:
“Repeated delays in releasing the new funding formula have led to severe repercussions for non-profit centres and...
NDP tables legislation to protect province from future climate and environmental disasters
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for energy and climate action Peter Tabuns (Toronto – Danforth) introduced new legislation to ensure that the province is prepared for future extreme weather events and disasters.
“Thousands of Canadians have been driven from their homes by climate change...
NDP’s Wong-Tam and Faqiri family call on province to stop criminalizing mental health crises
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for Attorney General, Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) joined members of Soleiman Faqiri’s family, the Elizabeth Fry Society, and advocates to call on the Conservative government to accept the first recommendation from the inquest into Mr. Faqiri’s death.
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“Repeated incompetence”: NDP’s Fife slams Ford for mismanaging budget
QUEEN'S PARK — NDP MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo), the Official Opposition Finance critic, responded to the latest Financial Accountability Office (FAO) budget outlook report which exposes the Ford government's chronic mismanagement and indifference to the financial crises they have created in Ontario:
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Fife: “Survivors didn’t get their day in court – now they lost their day in legislature”
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) vowed to keep fighting for Lydia’s Law, a bill designed to help the survivors of sexual assault seek justice, after Conservatives quashed debate on a day when hundreds of advocates and survivors were expected to appear at Queen’s...
“Complete disrespect to survivors”: Conservatives quash debate on NDP’s sexual assault justice bill
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) released the following statement as Ford’s Conservatives quash debate on upcoming sexual assault justice bill:
“This is complete disrespect to the hundreds of...
MPP Taylor slams Ford for inaction after 20 CAS agencies placed vulnerable youth in unlicensed hotels and Airbnbs
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), NDP Official Opposition critic for Children, Community, and Social Services called out Ford’s Conservatives for letting down children after new data showed 20 Children’s Aid Society (CAS) locations were forced to place children in unlicensed locations due...
“Renters have had it hard enough,” NDP’s Jessica Bell calls out CRA decision forcing tenants to pay their landlord’s late tax bill
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP housing critic Jessica Bell is calling on the Canada Revenue Agency, and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Paul Calandra, to take urgent action to protect tenants who risk eviction because their landlord is behind on their tax bill.
“Tenants are caught...
NDP, Stiles demand a better deal for Ontario’s classrooms with their latest proposal
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition, demanded a better deal for Ontario’s schools amidst funding shortfalls.
“While this government neglects their responsibilities to our children, parents are stuck paying out-of-pocket for education supports, activities, and even mental...
“This is just the beginning”: Gates vows to keep fighting for caregiver benefit
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Wayne Gates, NDP Official Opposition critic for Long-Term care, vows to keep up the fight for a caregiver benefit in Ontario, after Ford’s Conservatives voted down a motion that would make it happen.
“Since introducing my caregiver benefit motion, my phone has been ringing nonstop...