According to a press release from the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA), Canada Post has quietly been building partnerships with private financial technology (fintech) companies. The NDP supports a postal banking system that is operated as a public service. Certain Canada Post locations now allow people to access banking services delivered by private companies…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Today, NDP MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni) delivered a petition to the office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change just days ahead of the G7 meeting in Quebec. The petition, hosted online by SumOfUs, has been signed by over 105,000 Canadians in support of Johns’ motion, M-151: a national strategy to combat…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement on World Environment Day: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – This morning, Sheri Benson, MP for Saskatoon West, introduced a bill drafted in collaboration with students that seeks to restore the independence of the judiciary by allowing trial judges to deviate from mandatory minimum sentences. The bill will give trial judges greater discretion in sentencing as long as they provide valid reasoning. The bill is…
NPD Critic for Sport, Cheryl Hardcastle, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Today, NDP Treasury Board Critic Daniel Blaikie will serve notice of over 200 motions at the Government Operations and Estimates committee; one for each questionable item in Treasury Board Vote 40. The new and unprecedented mechanism, usually referred to as “Vote 40”, would grant over $7 billion to the government for new spending…
NDP Reconciliation Critic, Romeo Saganash tabled a motion on Monday to have MPs vote to reaffirm their support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in light of the Liberals’ decision to purchase the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project with taxpayer money. UNDRIP includes the right to “free, prior and informed…
NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs, Hélène Laverdière, and NDP Critic for International Human Rights, Cheryl Hardcastle, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Dear Joanna, I’m emailing you today because you have previously written to me regarding Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipeline expansion. As I am sure you have heard, there have been significant developments in the fight against this pipeline in recent days. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he would spend…
