OTTAWA – New Democrats are calling on members of all political parties to stand up for Canadians struggling to afford their groceries as corporate greed keeps driving prices higher. In the past year, while hardworking people had to make difficult choices about what groceries they could and couldn’t afford, the rich CEOs of big grocery stores…
NDP critic for Indigenous Services, Northern Affairs and Crown-Indigenous Relations Lori Idlout made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Yesterday, NDP Agriculture and Agri-food Critic Alistair MacGregor secured a committee investigation into how corporate greed is driving inflation in the grocery sector. As the cost of groceries continues to rise, Canadian families are struggling to put food on the table. MacGregor says this investigation is an important first-step in helping families who…
OTTAWA – Today, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP Mental Health and Harm Reduction Critic Gord Johns called on the government to provide desperately needed mental health supports for Canadians. People are suffering because they don’t have access to the mental health services they need. New Democrats are calling on the Liberals to invest…
OTTAWA – Yesterday, NDP MP Taylor Bachrach’s proposal to change the voting age to 16 was rejected by the Liberal government and Conservatives. Bachrach’s bill would have given young people a say in the decisions being made about the climate crisis, the lack of affordable housing and the cost of living that has a huge…