Author Archives: CML EDA

NDP’s motion to investigate big firms with huge government outsourcing contracts to be voted on by all parties

OTTAWA – On Monday NDP Public Services and Procurement critic Gord Johns will lead a vote to expand the parliamentary committee investigation into the $100 million in McKinsey contracts to expand to other firms who’ve received even larger government contracts. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Health union leaders and NDP call for health funding to go to hiring – not for-profit corps that will poach

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NDP names critic for Food Price Inflation

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Le NPD nomme un porte-parole en matière d’Inflation des prix des aliments 

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Jagmeet Singh calls on Liberal government to address the nursing shortage in Hamilton

At Hamilton Health Sciences, 700 critical nursing jobs are vacant – under Justin Trudeau the nursing shortage has gotten five times worse   HAMILTON — Hamilton has 700 vacant nursing jobs — and that shortage of crucial health-care workers has only increased since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office. Days before the premiers’ meeting on…

NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo pushes the Canada Disability Benefit Act forward for Canadians

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP Critic for Disability Inclusion, Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody–Coquitlam) forced a vote on the Canada Disability Benefit Act to urgently deliver help for Canadians living with a disability. The bill is now at the last stage of the legislative process and Canadians living with a disability are one step closer to…

Singh calls on government to act on affordability as Loblaw grocery freeze ends

In response to the end of the grocery price freeze, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP calls for McKinsey investigation to expand to Deloitte and other firms

OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP Public Services and Procurement critic Gord Johns will call for the committee investigation into more than $100 million-worth of government contracts for McKinsey to expand to other firms including Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, KPMG, and Ernst & Young. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP will table motion to raise Old Age Security payments for all seniors

OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP critic for Seniors Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River) will call on all members of parliament to support seniors by increasing Old Age Security (OAS) payments in the wake of the affordability crisis. But, instead of supporting some of Canada’s most vulnerable, the Liberals and Conservatives have teamed up to deny…

NDP Statement on Black History Month 

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