Rouleau Report shows convoy response let Canadians down
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement in response to the Justice Rouleau Report released on Friday: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP’s Singh launches economic consultation series ahead of federal budget
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is launching a series of economic roundtables with prominent Canadian economists to pinpoint actions the federal government can take in the spring budget, and beyond, to help families with the skyrocketing cost-of-living. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Motion to study situation in Iran passes unanimously
OTTAWA – On Thursday, the House of Commons Committee on Foreign Affairs and international Development unanimously agreed to a motion by NDP foreign affairs Critic Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) to urgently study the situation in Iran. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP forces the leadership of Canada Soccer to testify
OTTAWA — On Thursday, the Committee on Canadian Heritage adopted an NDP motion calling for a meeting on the allegations of unequal treatment of the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team and allegations of sexual abuse within soccer programs. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Liberals own stats show Indigenous housing goals won’t be met for 141 years
OTTAWA — NDP Critic for Indigenous Services Lori Idlout (Nunavut) and NDP Deputy Critic for Indigenous Services Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) are calling out the Liberals for dragging their feet on fixing the housing crisis in Northern and Indigenous communities — revealing the government’s own statistics showing that it’s going to take as long as…
Liberals are falling behind in delivering homes Canadians can afford
OTTAWA—NDP Housing Critic Jenny Kwan issued the following statement in response to a report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) on the Liberals’ failure to meet their housing goals for Canadians, while a recent report shows a 10.7 per cent hike in rent prices since one year ago: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP backs calls for federal funding for the Gatineau-Ottawa tramway
OTTAWA — On Thursday, the NDP joined MOBI-O, an advocacy group for sustainable transportation solutions in the Gatineau region, in calling on the Liberal government to release federal funding to build the Ottawa-Gatineau tramway project. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
For-profit corporations or public health care: NDP puts it to a vote in parliament
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s NDP, will lead a vote in the House of Commons that calls on each member of parliament to decide: should health care funding be used to rebuild the understaffed public system, or to set up for-profit corporations that will poach nurses and doctors? Read the full release on…
Under the Liberal government, health care workers are being poached right now by cash-for-care corps
NDP raises family doc cash-for-care operation, calls for Trudeau to act Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP fighting to end CPP Investments violating human, labour and environmental laws
OTTAWA – NDP MP Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford) has tabled a bill that would force the Canada Pension Plan to invest only in companies that do not violate human rights or environmental laws. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
