OTTAWA – In an open letter released on Tuesday, over 170 organizations and prominent Canadians urged the Prime Minister to follow through on his commitment to make housing a human right. The NDP is calling on the Liberal government to address the concerns in the open letter and make housing a right for all Canadians.…
OTTAWA – The NDP is calling on the Liberal government to strike a National Tariff Task Force, focused on defending Canadian jobs in industries targeted by U.S. tariffs, including steel, aluminum, softwood lumber and potentially auto. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Parliamentary Leader Guy Caron made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – This Sunday, Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, will begin a week-long tour in Quebec. Between August 12th and 19th, Mr. Singh will hear directly from Quebecers and highlight the innovations taking place in Quebec within the renewable energy sector. “Quebec is an environmental protection leader and the steady development of its renewable…
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
“In May, our parliament finally affirmed the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada by enshrining into law the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This declaration, adopted by the UN 11 years ago was a watershed moment in the history of 400 million Indigenous Peoples in over 70 countries, as they finally…
NDP Veterans Affairs Critic, Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni), is a member of the official Canadian delegation to France to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Amiens from August 6-10, 2018, joining international delegations from Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States, and France. Read the full release on NDP…
OTTAWA – After closing hundreds of stores and stripping thousands of workers of their pensions and severance pay, the Sears Canada board has racked up over $2 million in expenses since Sears declared insolvency. The NDP has long called for the protection of pension wages, and NDP Pension Critic Scott Duvall tabled a Private Member’s…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday urging the government to commit to a long-term approach of addressing the underlying causes of the gun violence in our cities, while at the same time moving quickly on immediate measures such as enabling municipalities to ban handguns. Read the full…
