NDP Response to Library Priorities Survey

We have received our first response back from the NDP Party to our survey, asking parties and candidates if they support public library priorities and budget requests. We will be publishing the surveys as they are received from the parties. Election Survey –...

Voting for Libraries

Ontario’s snap election has us all reeling so FOPL and OLA have partnered to help take the stress off, at least when it comes to libraries. The Elections Toolkit has been revised so that IF you have the opportunity to engage with your local candidates, you have some...

Winter 2025 Advocacy Updates

Hope you’re all keeping warm during this cold snap! We’ve been busy over at FOPL and I have a few updates to share. This week we submitted our Pre-Budget Submission for the 2025-26 budget cycle to the Ministry of Finance (attached). The document highlights the need...

Spring and Summer 2024

The biggest news of course is the latest cabinet shuffle resulted in major changes for the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and (now) Gaming. Early last month the province announced that the Hon. Stan Cho would become the new Minister for Tourism and Culture, retaining...