Author Archives: CML EDA

NDP pressures Parliament to support criminalizing all forms of domestic abuse 

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP MP Laurel Collins called on all Members of Parliament to support her bill to make coercive and controlling behaviour illegal under the Criminal Code, as the bill goes into its second reading. Coercive control is a pattern of abuse that can include threats, humiliation, isolating the person from support, and…

NDP secures historic result for Canadian workers 

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh stood with the President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Bea Bruske, the National Director of the United Steelworkers, Marty Warren, and members of the NDP caucus to announce the newest result New Democrats have delivered for Canadian workers – anti-scab legislation that gives workers more power to demand better…

NDP statement on National Indigenous Veterans Day

NDP Veterans Affairs Critic Rachel Blaney and NDP Indigenous Services, Northern Affairs and Crown-Indigenous Relations Critic Lori Idlout, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP present plan to lower heat bills, tax oil and gas profits and fight climate change

  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

The Liberals are still out-of-touch with Canadians in need of an affordable home

In reaction to the government announcing handing over six parcels of federal land to developers to only build a few affordable homes in the middle of a housing crisis, NDP critic for Housing Jenny Kwan issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP moves forward with a plan for Electoral Reform after years of Liberals’ broken promises

OTTAWA – On Tuesday, Members of Parliament will debate NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron’s motion to create a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. Barron is calling on all parties to support this motion as a first step forward on electoral reform after the Liberals have disappointed Canadians by dropping their electoral reform promises. Read…

NDP pushes for less power for CEOs in Ottawa and more protection for Canadian consumers

Food prices have risen by 30 per cent since Justin Trudeau became prime minister Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP demands that Prime Minister Trudeau call for a ceasefire in Israel-Palestine

All members of the NDP caucus sign a letter to the prime minister to call for a ceasefire in Israel-Palestine. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP: Conservatives blocking bill that would secure jobs for energy workers

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) stood with Labour leaders to demand the Conservatives stop blocking support for workers.  This week, Conservatives spent seven hours at the Natural Resources Committee blocking progress on the Sustainable Jobs Act, legislation secured by New Democrats to ensure energy workers have good-paying union jobs as…

Les conservateurs bloquent un projet de loi qui garantirait des emplois aux travailleuses et travailleurs du secteur de l’énergie

OTTAWA – Jeudi, le député néo-démocrate Charlie Angus (Timmins–Baie James) était avec les dirigeants syndicaux pour demander aux conservateurs de cesser de bloquer le soutien aux travailleuses et travailleurs. Cette semaine, les conservateurs ont passé sept heures au Comité des ressources naturelles à bloquer les progrès de la Loi canadienne sur les emplois durables, une loi…