OTTAWA – Today, NDP Deputy Leader and Deputy Environment Critic, Alexandre Boulerice, tabled his bill in the House of Commons to grant legal status to the St. Lawrence River and its watersheds. This proposal is a North American first and would improve the protection of the river’s ecosystems, thereby helping ensure the overall environmental health of…
OTTAWA – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Liberal government to do more than talk about women’s right to safe abortion services by urging them to take meaningful action to ensure greater access is available across the country. Singh also wants the government to make contraceptives free as quickly as possible as part…
NDP Women and Gender Equality Critic, Leah Gazan, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA—Yesterday, a report from the Parliamentary Committee on Transport Infrastructure and Communities recommended that the government abolish the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB). The Bank has widely been criticized for failing to address the needs of the communities it is supposed to help. While the CIB has received hundreds of project proposals, it has approved very…
The Leader of Canada’s NDP, Jagmeet Singh, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Taylor Bachrach proposed changing the voting age to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Jagmeet Singh Leader of Canada’s NDP issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
The NDP Critic and Deputy Critic for 2SLGBTQI+ Rights, Randall Garrison and Blake Desjarlais, made the following joint statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA –Yesterday, NDP critic for Foreign Affairs, Heather McPherson, pushed Parliament to recognize that Russia is carrying out a genocide against the Ukrainian people. For weeks, there has been mounting evidence that war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed against the people of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, including the forcible transfer of…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
