OTTAWA – Yazidi religious minorities in Northern Iraq continue to suffer psychological trauma from genocide, torture, and sexual exploitation by ISIS. The NDP is supporting refugees, as well as the Women Refugees Advocacy Project (WRAP), in their call for urgent action on implementing culturally sensitive, expertly designed, trauma programs and housing, and will be tabling…
OTTAWA – Today NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh, announced the appointment of long-time senior NDP strategist Michael Balagus as interim Chief of Staff to the NDP. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – New Democrats are disappointed that Motion 166 to study postal banking has been defeated in the House of Commons today. The Liberals were presented with a progressive and forward thinking idea, and they decided to team up with Conservatives to vote it down. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Across the country, too many Canadian families are tragically losing parents, siblings, and children to the public health emergency caused by opioids. Today, the NDP called on the Liberals to launch an investigation into the role drug companies may have played in fueling the opioid crisis in Canada, and to seek meaningful restitution…
OTTAWA – In a speech to Canadian Innovators on Tuesday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Federal Liberal government to step-in and save the Basic Income Pilot Project Ontario Premier Doug Ford has pledged to cancel. Ford announced the program that guarantees a minimum income for 4,000 low-income residents will end in March of…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Following their visit to Kashechewan First Nation, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP Critic for Indigenous Youth Charlie Angus (Timmins – James Bay) came back to Ottawa with a strong message for the Liberal government. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Today, Members of Parliament debated NDP MP Irene Mathyssen’s Motion-166, which proposes the establishment of a committee to study various postal banking models used around the world, and use best practices to propose a model for Canada. Postal banking could provide services to Canadians in areas the big banks have abandoned, such as…
OTTAWA – While the Liberals have been promising to overhaul animal protection provisions in the Criminal Code ever since they defeated Bill C-246, the cross-partisan Animal Protection Act, the Justice Minister’s proposed legislation misses the mark. Though Bill C-84 includes important changes cracking down on bestiality and animal fighting for sport, it fails to include…
OTTAWA – New Democrats are disturbed by comments made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, suggesting honouring the Saudi arms deal is more important than upholding international law. These comments were made during a radio interview after the Minister was asked about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the role of the Saudi-led…
