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La députée néo-démocrate Leah Gazan demande un débat d’urgence sur le nationalisme blanc et le racisme anti-autochtone

OTTAWA : À la suite de l’indignation générale suscitée au Canada par la manifestation nationaliste blanche du 27 septembre sur la réserve de Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS), la députée néo-démocrate Leah Gazan (Winnipeg-Centre) demande la tenue d’un débat d’urgence sur la dangereuse montée du nationalisme blanc et du racisme anti-autochtone. Read the full release on…

MP Gazan Statement on MMIWG National Day of Action

On October 4th, 2026, MP Gazan, NDP Critic for Indigenous Affairs made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Indigenous Affairs and Environment Critic Leah Gazan Statement on Pacific Link Pipeline 

  Today the Liberal government officially designated the Pacific Link pipeline as a project of national interest. This announcement was made in spite of fierce opposition by the vast majority of First Nations and environmental organizations who have raised a series of concerns about this project.    I would like to remind Carney’s Liberal government that they are constitutionally obligated to…

NDP statement on West Coast pipeline designation

NDP Leader Avi Lewis issued the following reaction, after an announcement by Prime Minister Carney that an oil pipeline to the West Coast will be designated as a project of national interest under the Building Canada Act: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Statement by NDP MP Leah Gazan on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation:

OTTAWA: The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was established in response to Call to Action #80 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The TRC called for the implementation of a National Day of Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families, and communities. It was also established to ensure that public commemoration of the…

NDP MP Leah Gazan Urges Governor General to Issue Honorary Pins to Residential School Survivors  

OTTAWA – Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, NDP MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) is urging Governor General Louise Arbour to recognize the trauma and sacrifices made by residential school survivors to put us on a path to reconciliation with formally issued pins.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Gazan Condemns Hate and Violence at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, Calls for Action on Residential School Denialism

NDP MP Critic for Indigenous Affairs Leah Gazan Issued the Following Statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Leader Avi Lewis to visit communities across Atlantic Canada  

  OTTAWA – NDP Leader Avi Lewis will travel across Atlantic Canada beginning on September 25 to talk to people in the region about the NDP’s bold solutions for tackling the cost-of-living emergency.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

PBO confirms new tax brackets for the wealthiest would raise over $1 billion a year 

OTTAWA — A report released today by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, requested by NDP Finance Critic Don Davies, confirms that adding three new federal income tax brackets for the wealthiest 0.3 percent would raise over $1 billion annually.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Joins Striking Workers, Calls for Bank of Canada to Get Back to Negotiating Table 

OTTAWA – NDP Leader Avi Lewis was joined by members of the NDP caucus this afternoon on the picket line for Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 71250, security guards for the Bank of Canada who have been on strike for more than three months.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site