OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take an open letter from health care and community leaders as a wake up call on the children’s health care crisis. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Richard Cannings, the NDP’s critic for Emergency Preparedness (Climate Change Resilience), issued the following statement in response to the release of the national adaptation strategy on Thursday: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA — Instead of being subjected to the devastating impacts of pension theft when their employers declare bankruptcy or insolvency, Canadians are one step closer to having their pensions protected. On Wednesday, NDP Finance critic Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood-Transcona) welcomed the adoption of Bill C-228, which guarantees workers pensions protection in cases of corporate bankruptcy and insolvency. Read…
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NDP MP Blake Dejarlais (Edmonton Griesbach) released the following statement in response to news that Loblaws has issued layoff notices to 500 workers at the Northeast Calgary Loblaws distribution centres during union negotiations: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
In response to Tuesday’s carbon pricing update, NDP Environment and Climate Change critic Laurel Collins made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
VANCOUVER — Jagmeet Singh, the Leader of Canada’s New Democrats, vowed Monday to reconstruct Canada’s social safety net, including an overhaul of Employment Insurance (EI). Speaking to thousands of working people at the British Columbia Federation of Labour Convention, Singh made the commitment to introduce a new EI system with a low, universal qualifying-hours…
The NDP Critic and Deputy Critic for 2SLGBTQI+ Rights, Randall Garrison and Blake Desjarlais, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Friday, NDP House Leader Peter Julian and National President of the Union of Veterans Affairs Employees Virginia Vaillancourt called on the Liberal Minister of Veterans Affairs to halt his multi-million dollar outsourcing contract to a private for-profit company owned by Loblaws. Instead, funding should be invested in workers at Veterans Affairs Canada…
The Leader of Canada’s NDP Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
