NDP Public Services and Procurement critic Gord Johns made the following statement in reaction to an NDP motion to expand the investigation of outsourcing government work successfully passing on Monday: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP Veterans Affairs critic Rachel Blaney demanded that the Liberal government stop outsourcing services that Veterans rely on to for-profit companies that keep failing to deliver. In the summer, the Liberals gave a $560 million contract to a company owned by Loblaw despite calls from Veterans, unions and New Democrats for…
NDP critic for Women and Gender Equality Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) released the following statement in response to news that the Liberal government has spent only 5 per cent of a $724.1 million fund to address violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP Agriculture and Food Critic Alistair MacGregor will table a petition in the House of Commons that calls on the government to end the transportation of live horses for slaughter. The petition, initiated by Jann Arden, was signed by almost 40,000 Canadians. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, has written to Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, to call on him to reject the Rogers-Shaw merger as Friday’s deadline approached. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP critic for Food Price Inflation Alistair MacGregor will lead a vote to extend an NDP-initiated investigation into high food prices and corporate greed. With the investigation set to end in the coming days without hearing from big grocery CEOs who have avoided testifying, MacGregor’s motion would force the CEOs of…
