Monthly Archives: June 2023

NDP tables a plan to clean up polluting abandoned vessels off Canada’s coastlines

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP Fisheries and Oceans critic Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo – Ladysmith) will table a private members bill that would create a plan to prevent and clean up derelict vessels off Canada’s coastlines. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

New Democrats use their power to ensure workers aren’t left behind in the shift to a net-zero economy

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NDP statement on the passage of the Canada Disability Benefit through the House of Commons

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NDP reacts to announcement regarding defrauded International Students

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Parliamentary report supports NDP’s Call to put a windfall tax on corporate grocery stores making massive profits

New Democrats are calling on Liberals to start supporting families, by making huge grocery chains pay their fair share Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Reality Check: Environment Minister fails to take responsibility for his government’s climate failures

  OTTAWA — Canadians are already living through the deadly and catastrophic impacts of the climate emergency while the Liberals drag their feet.    The Minister of Environment, Steven Guilbeault, recently said he could accelerate climate action if he didn’t have to “fight” Conservatives.   While Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives aren’t interested in fighting the…

Jagmeet Singh: We are setting our expectations for Pharmacare legislation  

New Democrats table the Pharmacare Act, outlining the model they expect the government to meet for the public, universal system where no one has to pay for prescription drugs  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Statement for National Public Service Week

Canada’s NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh, made the following statement:  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP calls for a fair deal as the Liberals refuse to negotiate in good faith with Ontario Indigenous police forces

OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP MP Carol Hughes (Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing) and NDP MP Lori Idlout (Nunavut) stood with representatives of the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario to urge the government to negotiate in good faith with the First Nations and Inuit policing organizations.    Hughes and Idlout are making the call after the government adopts a…

NDP Statement on Philippine Independence Day

Canada’s NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh, made the following statement:  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site