Yearly Archives: 2025

NDP slate is 51% women as both Liberals and Conservatives lose ground on gender balance since 2019 and 2021 

OTTAWA – Canada’s NDP has nominated a diverse slate of candidates for the upcoming federal election, with more than half being women. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Carney won’t expand pharmacare without the NDP 

The last time he was asked about expanding pharmacare, Mark Carney refused to commit to expanding it:  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Carney’s answer to corporate tax dodging? Government should “spend less” 

For the third time in this election, Liberal Leader Mark Carney had a chance to condemn the use of tax havens. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Singh to Carney: Stop Trump Ally’s Attempt to Buy Canadian Telecom Giant

VANCOUVER—Jagmeet Singh is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to immediately block the attempted foreign takeover of Rogers’ wireless network by billionaire Trump ally Stephen Schwarzman—calling it a direct threat to Canadian sovereignty, national security, and the public interest.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Liberal Candidate Brags About Driving Up Housing Prices—Singh Responds with Crackdown

VANCOUVER— NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced today that a New Democrat government would bring in a permanent ban on foreign homebuyers to stop speculators from driving up prices and keep homes in the hands of people who live and work in Canada. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Liberal candidate and allies are “working with Carney” to cancel the foreign buyers ban 

Vancouver real estate marketer Bob Rennie says he is working with Mark Carney on a plan that would cancel the foreign buyers’ ban. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Carney’s delay visiting BC shows that New Democrats are the best choice to defeat Conservatives in the province 

In the first 24 days Mark Carney was Prime Minister, he went to a lot of places. Nearly every province. England and France. But not British Columbia.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Singh: NDP Will Build 3 Million Homes by 2030—and Make Housing Affordable Again

TORONTO — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan today to build 3 million homes by 2030—doubling the current pace—by speeding up construction, protecting existing rentals, and training the workers needed to deliver it.   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Will Stop American Billionaire-Backed Buyouts that Leave Canadian Workers Behind

TORONTO – As iconic Canadian companies like Hudson’s Bay are dismantled and sold off by foreign private equity firms, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced that an NDP government will bring in tough new rules to stop billionaire-backed investors from buying up Canadian businesses just to strip them for parts and abandon workers. Read the full…

Singh calls on Poilievre to remove Gunn 

This morning in Halifax, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to fire his North Island-Powell River candidate Aaron Gunn.   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site