TROIS-RIVIÈRES – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP Transportation Critic Robert Aubin expressed their confusion at the Liberal government’s announcement of their intention to fund another study in conjunction with the Canadian Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to review Via Rail’s proposal for the High Frequency Rail project in the Quebec City-Toronto Corridor. Read the full…
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Critic Jenny Kwan made the following statement: “Being LGBTQ2+ is a crime in more than 70 countries. And in 14 countries, people still face death or life imprisonment just for being who they are. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh marked the end of the parliamentary session on a strong note reminding people that an NDP MP is someone who stands up for everyday people. Over the last four years, the NDP fought to make life more affordable, to protect our environment, to reduce inequalities and defend workers’ rights.…
OTTAWA –This week, a Parliamentary Committee called on the government to release critical information about its controversial plan to overhaul the central heating and cooling infrastructure that services some 80 buildings in the National Capital Region. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Today, Liberal and Conservative MPs have acted in concert to defeat Bill C-331, the International Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Act. The bill would have given non-citizens the ability to bring civil suits to Canadian federal courts for clear violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights, labour, environmental and basic human rights committed outside of Canada. Read the…
OTTAWA – Today, the House of Commons passed NDP Human Rights Critic Cheryl Hardcastle’s unanimous consent motion regarding the atrocities committed in Sri Lanka against the Tamils. Together, all parliamentarians agreed to seek justice for all families, survivors and victims of violence and war in Sri Lanka. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site