Daily Archives: October 17, 2018

NDP Addresses Comments from the Minister of Heritage 

OTTAWA – Yesterday, the Minister of Heritage announced that the government had secretly begun closed-door, private consultations on the development of a new federal anti-racism strategy. Vital community groups that work every day to combat systemic racism and ​​​​discrimination have been left in the dark, with many unaware that consultations had even started. Even worse, Minister…

NDP statement on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 

NDP Critic for Families, Children and Social Development, Brigitte Sansoucy, issued the following statement : Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Calls on Liberals to Walk Their Talk on Women’s Rights

OTTAWA – This week, with the federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for the Status of Women meeting in Yukon, the NDP Critic for Women’s Equality, Sheila Malcolmson, sent a letter to the Minister calling on the Liberals to walk their talk on issues that are critical to Canadian women. The letter also calls on…