Author Archives: CML EDA

Parliamentary report supports NDP’s Call to put a windfall tax on corporate grocery stores making massive profits

New Democrats are calling on Liberals to start supporting families, by making huge grocery chains pay their fair share Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Reality Check: Environment Minister fails to take responsibility for his government’s climate failures

  OTTAWA — Canadians are already living through the deadly and catastrophic impacts of the climate emergency while the Liberals drag their feet.    The Minister of Environment, Steven Guilbeault, recently said he could accelerate climate action if he didn’t have to “fight” Conservatives.   While Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives aren’t interested in fighting the…

Jagmeet Singh: We are setting our expectations for Pharmacare legislation  

New Democrats table the Pharmacare Act, outlining the model they expect the government to meet for the public, universal system where no one has to pay for prescription drugs  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Statement for National Public Service Week

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

NDP calls for a fair deal as the Liberals refuse to negotiate in good faith with Ontario Indigenous police forces

OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP MP Carol Hughes (Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing) and NDP MP Lori Idlout (Nunavut) stood with representatives of the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario to urge the government to negotiate in good faith with the First Nations and Inuit policing organizations.    Hughes and Idlout are making the call after the government adopts a…

NDP Statement on Philippine Independence Day

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

New Democrats Secure Humanitarian exemption for Afghanistan Aid but cannot support Bill C-41

NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs, Heather McPherson, made the following statement:  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

New Democrats celebrate win on clear path to safety for 2SLGBTQI+ refugees

NDP LGBTQ2IA+ Critic Randall Garrison made the following statement following a new funding announcement that includes a partnership agreement with Rainbow Railroad: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP secures critical funding for Indigenous housing through Confidence and Supply Agreement 

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP Critic for Housing, Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East) and NDP Critic for Indigenous Services, MP Lori Idlout (Nunavut) secured $287.1 million for National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI) to address the housing crisis for Urban Rural and Northern Indigenous, Metis and Inuit people leaving away from their home community. Under the Liberal government,…

NDP: Liberals keep putting oil and gas executives before Canadians while wildfires are raging

NDP Environment and Climate Change Critic Laurel Collins made the following statement after learning that the Liberal government worked with Suncor, one of Canada’s largest oil companies, to write their carbon capture plan: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site