Burlington, Vt – At the inaugural Sanders Institute Gathering, an event organized by Co-founders Jane Sanders and David Driscoll, MP Niki Ashton (Churchill-Keewatinook Aski) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, Yanis Varoufakis, Ada Colau and others in launching Progressive International, a global movement to end inequality, exploitation, discrimination and environmental degradation. Read the full release on…
MONTREAL – The NDP is strongly denouncing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s betrayal to workers and farmers for signing on to the USMCA without securing the removal of a clause giving the U.S. power over Canada’s dairy sector, and without the suspension of crippling steel and aluminum tariffs. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Thursday, the NDP called on the Liberal government to listen to Canadians and not sign the USMCA until critical fixes have been made. As it stands, the new deal gives the U.S. oversight on Canada’s dairy sector, and doesn’t address the tariffs on steel and aluminium. Read the full release on NDP…
MONTRÉAL – On Thursday, while campaigning with the NDP candidate in Outremont, Julia Sánchez, Jagmeet Singh stressed the urgency to tackle climate change and became the first federal party leader to sign the Pact For The Transition, adding his voice to the pledge signed by hundreds of thousands of people for immediate action. This coincided…
Hélène Laverdière, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – In 2016, an NDP motion by Defence Critic Randall Garrison to kick off a study on Canada’s contribution to international peacekeeping at the Standing Committee on National Defence was adopted. Over a year later, the study is underway and members of the committee will be travelling to Mali. The NDP has worked with all parties in…
OTTAWA – Given the Prime Minister’s continued refusal to call outstanding by-elections in Outremont, York-Simcoe and Burnaby South, hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been left without federal representation in the House of Commons. Wednesday, NDP Democratic Reform Critic Nathan Cullen tabled a bill to reduce the time before a by-election must be called following…
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on Prime Minister Trudeau to hold an urgent gathering to find solutions to the job losses at the General Motors plant in Oshawa, as well as prevent future job losses in the auto-sector. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – This December 13th will mark the 81st anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. In recognition of the atrocities experienced by victims and in the spirit of “never again’’, NDP Critic for Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Jenny Kwan, tabled a petition in the House of Commons signed by nearly forty thousand Canadians calling on the Liberal government to…
OTTAWA – With an ongoing suicide epidemic within the Canadian Armed Forces, New Democrats are disappointed with the Liberal government’s decision to block an amendment to Bill C-77 that would remove an archaic provision of the Defence Act that makes self-harm a disciplinary offence. A letter from the Minister of National Defence was circulated to…
