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Lisa Gretzky
Lisa Gretzky is NDP MPP for Windsor West and the party's Shadow Minister for Children, Community and Social Services. When Global News revealed in February 2026 that the Ford government had stopped producing annual child welfare death summary reports, Gretzky called it "irresponsible and frankly sickening," stating: "These are children who are known to the system, and the government has stopped tracking the very data meant to keep them safe." She has been a persistent critic of the Ford government's management of child welfare, calling out the rising death toll and the delayed CAS audits.
Connected Scandals
Ontario's Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services quietly stopped producing its annual reports tracking child welfare-connected deaths — reports that showed the number rising every year, reaching 134 in 2023, one every three days. Internal government documents show officials flagged the death statistics as a PR problem that could "overshadow" a planned announcement. When Global News filed an FOI in early 2026, the ministry said the records didn't exist.
As NDP Shadow Minister for Children, Gretzky publicly condemned the suppression of child welfare death reports as "irresponsible and frankly sickening" and called for accountability over the rising death toll.