Déclaration du NPD à l’occasion de la Semaine du développement international
La porte-parole du NPD en matière de Développement international, Heather McPherson, a fait la déclaration suivante : Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP’s motion to investigate big firms with huge government outsourcing contracts to be voted on by all parties
OTTAWA – On Monday NDP Public Services and Procurement critic Gord Johns will lead a vote to expand the parliamentary committee investigation into the $100 million in McKinsey contracts to expand to other firms who’ve received even larger government contracts. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Health union leaders and NDP call for health funding to go to hiring – not for-profit corps that will poach
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NDP names critic for Food Price Inflation
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Le NPD nomme un porte-parole en matière d’Inflation des prix des aliments
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Jagmeet Singh calls on Liberal government to address the nursing shortage in Hamilton
At Hamilton Health Sciences, 700 critical nursing jobs are vacant – under Justin Trudeau the nursing shortage has gotten five times worse HAMILTON — Hamilton has 700 vacant nursing jobs — and that shortage of crucial health-care workers has only increased since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office. Days before the premiers’ meeting on…
NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo pushes the Canada Disability Benefit Act forward for Canadians
OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP Critic for Disability Inclusion, Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody–Coquitlam) forced a vote on the Canada Disability Benefit Act to urgently deliver help for Canadians living with a disability. The bill is now at the last stage of the legislative process and Canadians living with a disability are one step closer to…
Singh calls on government to act on affordability as Loblaw grocery freeze ends
In response to the end of the grocery price freeze, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP calls for McKinsey investigation to expand to Deloitte and other firms
OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP Public Services and Procurement critic Gord Johns will call for the committee investigation into more than $100 million-worth of government contracts for McKinsey to expand to other firms including Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, KPMG, and Ernst & Young. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP will table motion to raise Old Age Security payments for all seniors
OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP critic for Seniors Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River) will call on all members of parliament to support seniors by increasing Old Age Security (OAS) payments in the wake of the affordability crisis. But, instead of supporting some of Canada’s most vulnerable, the Liberals and Conservatives have teamed up to deny…
