BRAMPTON – On Wednesday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh urged the Trudeau Liberal government to step in and save the planned Ryerson University campus in Brampton following Premier Doug Ford’s decision to cancel provincial support for the project. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Robert Aubin, NDP Transportation Critic, Tracey Ramsey, NDP International Trade Critic, and Karine Trudel, NDP Labour Critic, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Despite over a decade of NDP calls and action on the Canadian Airline Bill of Rights, Minister Garneau’s announcement today includes no regulations to protect air travel consumers this holiday season or before the end of 2019. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Critic for Immigration, Jenny Kwan, NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs Hélène Laverdière and NDP MP from Salaberry—Suroît, Anne Minh-Thu Quach, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Alistair’s Ask As 2018 comes to a close, 2019 looms as a big year for us in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford. The federal election may be called as early as the Spring and no later than October 21, 2019. Here is a brief message from our MP and 2019 candidate for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, Alistair MacGregor. Where do your…
OTTAWA – Trudeau’s Liberal government’s record in 2018 is defined by an unwillingness to help out Canadians struggling to make ends meet, but proves they are more than willing to give massive tax giveaways to the most profitable corporations and richest people in society, according to the NDP. Read the full release on NDP Central’s…
OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP LGBTQ2+ Critic Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke) asked the Prime Minister why his government has cut funding to many frontline HIV/AIDS organizations and failed to increase access to testing when the number of new infections in Canada is continuing to rise. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Tuesday, NDP Health Critic, Don Davies (Vancouver – Kingsway) secured a key meeting on the forced sterilization of women in Canada at the Standing Committee on Health. Davies won unanimous support from his colleagues when he moved a motion calling for the Department of Health to provide a briefing, at the earliest…
OTTAWA – On Monday, as the opioid crisis claims more lives every day, the NDP called on the Liberal government for a federal declaration of a national public health emergency. New Democrats urged Trudeau’s government to commit significant new dollars and resources to combat what is inarguably a deepening crisis that is affecting every region…