NDP statement for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024
Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP's Leah Gazan tables bill to end residential school denialism
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NDP MP Gord Johns pushes for audit of government’s response to toxic drug crisis
OTTAWA – On Tuesday, the parliamentary health committee passed an NDP motion moved by NDP critic for Mental Health and Harm Reduction Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) to recommend the Auditor General conduct an audit of the federal government’s response to the toxic drug crisis. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP MP Leah Gazan urges all parliamentarians to support her bill for a guaranteed, liveable basic income
OTTAWA—On Wednesday, NPD MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), joined by advocates from Citizens for Justice and Peace, called on all MPs to support her Bill C-223 that would implement a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income in Canada. If passed, Bill C-223 would require the Minister of Finance to develop a national…
New Democrats call on Liberal government to bring Lebanese-Canadians to safety
NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Conservatives and Liberals block NDP motion, protect for-profit health care
Gord Johns, NDP critic for Mental Health and Harm Reduction, released the following statement after Conservatives and Liberal MPs worked together to block the NDP from calling for-profit health care CEOs to testify in Ottawa: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Reality Check – Pierre Poilievre voted again and again to cut health care
Tuesday morning, Conservative Pierre Poilievre bizarrely dared Jagmeet Singh to find examples of Poilievre voting to cut Canadians’ health care. Challenge accepted, obviously. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP pushes motion to force CEOs to testify on their profit-making health care businesses
OTTAWA—A motion from the NDP will force CEOs of for-profit corporations trying to replace Canadian Medicare with a cash-for-care model to come to Ottawa to explain their plans—like the CEO of Loblaws. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP pushes motion to force CEOs to testify on their profit-making health care businesses
OTTAWA—A motion from the NDP will force CEOs of for-profit corporations trying to replace Canadian Medicare with a cash-for-care model to come to Ottawa to explain their plans—like the CEO of Loblaws. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Foreign Affairs critic calls on Joly to stop delaying action for peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis
OTTAWA — On Monday, NDP Foreign Affairs critic Heather McPherson called on Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly to stop further delay and act urgently for justice and peace for Palestinians and Israelis. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
