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…
