OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP MP Gord Johns’ (Courtenay-Alberni) Private Member’s Motion to combat marine plastics pollution was passed unanimously in the House of Commons. The motion calls for a national framework for the reduction and eventual elimination of plastic pollution in aquatic environments. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Randall Garrison, NDP National Defence Critic, Hélène Laverdière, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, and Linda Duncan, NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Tuesday, NDP Parliamentary Leader Guy Caron, NDP Critic for Jobs, Employment, Precarious Work and Workforce Development, Niki Ashton, and NDP Critic for Families, Children and Social Development, Brigitte Sansoucy, asked the Liberal government to help seasonal workers in Quebec and New Brunswick affected by the “black hole” of employment insurance. Read the…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Member of Parliament Alistair MacGregor was nominated to run again for the NDP in the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding on December 2, 2018.
OTTAWA – On Monday, New Democrats stressed the need for immediate action to tackle climate change by presenting their priorities for the COP24 meetings happening this week in Poland. Trudeau’s Liberal government cannot go to COP24 to simply defend how they will miss their reduction targets; they must instead take the opportunity to significantly increase…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
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…
