Daily Archives: September 25, 2024

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