OTTAWA – NDP Critic for Ethics, Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay) was in Ottawa today, calling on the Liberals to explain why they welcomed a controversial company with deep ties to Donald Trump into meetings with top government officials. Palantir Technologies was represented in Ottawa by former Ambassador to the US and Liberal Campaign Co-chair David…
ST. JOHN’S – New Democrats are questioning Minister Blair’s ability to take the transformative action needed to deal with systemic racism in Canadian policing. Recent reports from the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Tribunal have revealed troubling statistics about systemic racism and a culture of sexual harassment within the Toronto Police Services (TPS) during his…
VANCOUVER – Three years after the Liberal government announced what they called their National Housing Strategy (NHS), people in several provinces still haven’t seen a dime of support for housing and the entire NHS still completely ignores the dire housing situation for urban, rural, and northern Indigenous people. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – With already limited job prospects compounded by retail and service industry shutdowns and increased costs for university and college, young Canadians have been some of the hardest hit financially by the pandemic. Things were made worse when the Liberals failed to come through with the nearly billion dollars in support they promised through…
OTTAWA — New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to come back to work for Canadians who are relying on them for help. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
After successfully fighting to get federal funding to help with back to school this year, NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona Heather McPherson is calling on Jason Kenney’s UCP government to make sure the federal money goes where it is most needed to keep Alberta kids safe. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP deputy critic for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Services, Gord Johns, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site