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Singh: Protecting Renters Fund should be in the upcoming budget  

COQUITLAM— On Tuesday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody –Coquitlam) urged the government to establish a fund to protect renters in the next budget. This fund, similar to the one the B.C. government has put in place, would help not-for-profit organizations across the country buy affordable housing when it’s on…

Jagmeet singh calls for a fund to protect Canadian renters  

ESQUIMALT— On Sunday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP candidate for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, Maja Tait, called on the federal government to put in place a fund to protect renters. This fund would help not-for-profit organizations buy affordable housing when it’s on the market and make sure it stays affordable for renters.  Read the full release on…

NDP wishes those celebrating Ramadan Mubarak!

Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP statement on International Women’s Day 2024 

NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality, MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) made the following statement:   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP wants help for volunteer firefighters in the budget

OTTAWA— On Wednesday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh toured the Denman Island Volunteer Fire Department on Vancouver Island with NDP MP Gord Johns (Courtney – Alberni). Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP calls for school lunch program to feed hungry kids in the upcoming budget   

COMOX, B.C. –  On Wednesday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined by local NDP MPs Rachel Blaney and Gord Johns called for a National School Lunch program to be implemented in the upcoming budget.     Right now, food bank usage across the country is at its highest level since 1989 and more than one million children are living…

NDP calls on Liberals to reverse cuts to Indigenous services in the upcoming federal budget

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP critic for Indigenous Services Lori Idlout (Nunavut) and deputy critic for Indigenous Services Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) called on the Liberals to reverse the $7.6 billion in cuts to essential programs Indigenous peoples rely on in the next federal budget on April 16th. While many of those programs will sunset,…

NDP veteran’s affairs critic named woman of the year in defence

OTTAWA – NDP Veterans Affairs critic Rachel Blaney (North Island–Powell River) has been named as one of the 2024 recipients of the Esprit de Corps Women in Defence Award. In naming Blaney, Esprit de Corps highlighted her continuous work advocating for measures that improve the lives of Veterans and their families, specifically her work to…

Jagmeet Singh slams Pierre Poilievre for wanting to cut childcare for families

  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP statement on the passage of a National Childcare program in Canada

In reaction to the passage of the National Childcare program on Thursday, NDP critic for Families, Children and Social Development Leah Gazan issued the following statement:   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site