THOMPSON – Today, in response to the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson newest report, NDP Tax Fairness Critic, Niki Ashton (Churchill–Keewatinook Aski), called on the Liberals to urgently deliver help to Canadians struggling to make ends meet. The report stated that the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) isn’t doing enough to deliver the help people need as they face…
OTTAWA – This morning, NDP MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) introduced a private member’s bill to develop a national framework for a permanent Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI) in Canada. Gazan says, as the pandemic continues, it’s never been clearer that people in Canada need financial support and a stronger social safety net. Read the…
OTTAWA – Over 20,000 Canadians have died of overdoses in the last five years and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid overdose epidemic has gotten even worse. Yesterday, the NDP’s critic for mental health and addictions, Gord Johns, introduced a private member’s bill to tackle this emergency by decriminalizing personal possession and taking a health-based…
