Daily Archives: August 2, 2018

NDP: Former Sears Workers Suffer While Board Members Profit

OTTAWA – After closing hundreds of stores and stripping thousands of workers of their pensions and severance pay, the Sears Canada board has racked up over $2 million in expenses since Sears declared insolvency. The NDP has long called for the protection of pension wages, and NDP Pension Critic Scott Duvall tabled a Private Member’s…

NDP Statement on the Annual Commemoration of the Roma and Sinti Genocide

Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Jagmeet Singh calls on Trudeau Government to tackle root causes of gun violence & allow cities to ban handguns

OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday urging the government to commit to a long-term approach of addressing the underlying causes of the gun violence in our cities, while at the same time moving quickly on immediate measures such as enabling municipalities to ban handguns. Read the full…