Yearly Archives: 2025

Singh and Idlout urge prime minister Trudeau to end discrimination against First Nation children

OTTAWA – On Tuesday, Canada’s NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP Indigenous Services critic Lori Idlout (Nunavut) wrote to the prime minister urging his government to end the discrimination against First Nations children and co-develop a process with the National Children’s Chiefs Commission (NCC) for future negotiations on First Nations child welfare and Jordan’s Principle. The call comes after the…

NDP statement on Bell Canada's workforce reduction plan

NDP labour critic MP Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre) and NDP Canadian heritage critic MP Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) made the following joint statement:   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Reality Check – Chrystia Freeland Flip-Flops on Grocery Price Cap 

Chrystia Freeland had her chance to stand up to grocers and put a price cap on groceries – but she chose not to. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Steel and aluminum tariffs: Singh calls for urgent worker supports and fightback 

WINDSOR—NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s implementation of tariffs on steel and aluminum:  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Reality Check – Pierre Poilievre insults the Arctic before claiming he'd defend it

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Singh announces cash rebates on Canadian electric vehicles, 100% tariffs on Musk’s Teslas 

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NDP will build CBSA training centre in Windsor 

WINDSOR— NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced Monday that an NDP government will build a new training centre for Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers in Windsor, creating more jobs in Windsor and preparing to better stop illegal guns at the border.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Reality Check: Carney threatens to fight job losses with more job losses 

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End all Amazon contracts until workers are hired back, says Singh 

MONTRÉAL—On Tuesday, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh joined his voice with Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN) and workers in Quebec to call on the federal government to end all its contracts with the multi-billion-dollar corporation Amazon, if the workers they fired aren’t hired back.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Reality Check – Conservatives fired 1,100 border officers in one day 

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is lying about his border plan. In one day alone, the Conservatives with Poilievre at the table fired 1,100 border officers. Jagmeet will rehire them plus thousands more, and build a new training facility in Windsor.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site