OTTAWA – Today is Equality Day in Canada, marking the coming into force of the equality provisions in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on this day in 1985. Yet, 33 years later women are still fighting for equality, and while progress has been made, there are many challenges women still face that are not…
SAGUENAY – Following his visit to the Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium smelter, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced that local MP Karine Trudel (Jonquière) will be the party’s new International Trade Deputy Critic. Given the devastating impact of new lumber and aluminium tariffs on local communities, the NDP wants to ensure that the region’s interests are…
VICTORIA – Today, NDP Defence Critic and Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence, Randall Garrison, signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to demonstrate that Canada can, and must, take a leadership role in the movement for nuclear disarmament. To date, the Liberals have failed to sign the treaty, and…
This meeting will address the election of a new Executive of the CML Electoral District Association, as well as the executive report to the members on the association’s financial status.
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP issued the following statement on Jersey Day, honouring the victims and survivors of the Humboldt Broncos Tragedy: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site