OTTAWA – On Tuesday, an NDP motion calling on Liberals to recognize the ongoing genocide of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two spirit people (MMIWG2S) crisis as a Canada-wide emergency was adopted unanimously by all parties in the House of Commons. The motion was tabled by NDP critic for Women and Gender Equality Leah Gazan (Winnipeg…
OTTAWA — On Tuesday, ahead of Red Dress Day, NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality Leah Gazan will introduce a motion calling on the Liberal government to declare the ongoing genocide of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people (MMIWG2S) a Canada-wide emergency. From 2016 to 2021, 247 Indigenous women were identified…
The Leader of Canada’s NDP Jagmeet Singh made the following statement on May Day: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Mental Health and Harm Reduction Critic Gord Johns made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Leader of Canada’s NDP, Jagmeet Singh, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA— NDP MP for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, Randall Garrison, announced today that he will not seek re-election in the next federal election after over a decade in federal politics. As an MP Garrison successfully led initiatives to add transgender rights to the Canadian Human Rights Code and the hate crimes section of the Criminal Code, to ban conversion…
TORONTO – On Thursday morning, after participating in a roundtable on transit safety with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU Canada), Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was joined by transit workers and union leaders to call for urgent action to make transit safer. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
As the tax deadline for Canadians arrives, NDP MP says there seems to be one set of rules for hardworking people and another for the ultra-rich under the Trudeau government. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA — On Thursday, NDP Health Critic Don Davies is calling into question the Liberal government’s commitment to lower prescription drug prices for Canadians ahead of the parliamentary committee on health where the Health Minister is set to appear. The hearing is a result of Davies’ successful motion to hear from witnesses involved in a…
OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP MP Brian Masse’s (Windsor West) private members’ bill C-248 to establish Ojibway National Urban Park (ONUP) passed third reading vote with all party support – clearing the final hurdle in the House of Commons. The bill now needs to pass in the Senate before becoming law. The national park would protect…
