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…
NDP Statement on Black History Month
Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Half measures won’t save the lives of loved-ones in Long Term Care
In reaction to the recently released voluntary standards for long-term care homes, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP MP calls on elected officials to condemn the incendiary, anti-democratic language of Fox News personality
OTTAWA – On Tuesday, the NDP Critic for Ethics, Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre), called on Members of Parliament from all parties to condemn right-wing Fox News personality Tucker Carlson’s on-air call for the United States Armed Forces to ‘liberate Canada.’ Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP urges the liberals to immediately adopt anti-scab legislation
OTTAWA — Anti-scab legislation is needed urgently to protect good union jobs, say NDP Labour Critic Alexandre Boulerice, NDP Labour Deputy Critic Matthew Green and National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Mark Hancock. To kick off the new parliamentary session, the NDP and CUPE joined forces in calling on Justin Trudeau’s…
NDP urging the Liberals to stop breaking their health care promises and protect Canadians struggling with their mental health and substance use
NDP Mental Health and Harm Reduction critic Gord Johns made the following statement as the federal government’s decriminalization pilot program in British Columbia is set to start: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP urging the Liberals to stop breaking their health care promises and protect Canadians struggling with their mental health and substance use
NDP Mental Health and Harm Reduction critic Gord Johns made the following statement as the federal government’s decriminalization pilot program in British Columbia is set to start: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP MP McPherson calls on Liberals to designate the Wagner Group as a terrorist entity
OTTAWA — On Monday, NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) will call on the Liberal government to designate the Wagner Group, a Russian-supported private military company, as a terrorist entity. McPherson is raising the motion in the House of Commons in response to the Wagner Group’s brutal attacks on Ukrainian civilians and civilians in other…
