Yearly Archives: 2020

Liberals side with telecom companies instead of Canadians

WINDSOR – Instead of making internet services more affordable for Canadians, the Liberals sided with Canada’s largest telecom companies in their appeal of an August 2019 CRTC decision to lower wholesale rates. During this pandemic, Canadians are more dependent than ever on high-speed internet connection for work, school and essential services. Read the full release on…

No more excuses: Liberals must fix emergency rent assistance now

NDP calls for immediate changes to CECRA before more businesses are forced to close Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Federal government must stop privatization of health care in Alberta

VANCOUVER – NDP Health Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) is calling on the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act and stand up to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s plan to privatize orthopedic surgeries. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP calls on government to allow families to reunite

OTTAWA – The NDP is calling on the Liberal government to ease the restrictions preventing the reunification of committed couples and families separated during the COVID-19 crisis. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Liberals must act to protect workers from Trump’s aluminum tariffs

OTTAWA – Canadian workers in the aluminum sector are worried about their livelihoods following Donald Trump’s announcement of new punitive tariffs on Canadian aluminum. Despite being warned that Trump would likely take this type of action, the Liberals have yet to announce a plan to provide security and peace of mind for workers in the…

NDP Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Nuclear Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Statement from MP Jack Harris, the NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP statement on the announcement of humanitarian aide for Lebanon

  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Trudeau must do better than joining Kenney in environmental cuts

VICTORIA – Media reports have revealed a deal signed a month ago by Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberals with Alberta’s conservatives that cuts oilsands environmental monitoring, even as UCP Premier Jason Kenney has been moving forward with other cuts to environmental protections across the province. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Statement on the end of the CERB

Jagmeet Singh, the Leader of Canada’s NDP, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Liberals must drop cabinet secrecy in Trudeau’s WE scandal

Testimony raised more questions than answered. Cabinet confidentiality must be waived Read the full release on NDP Central’s site