Category Archives: News from Central

Jagmeet Singh renews call to make Revera long-term care public

Report out on Thursday reveals Revera uses apparent aggressive tax avoidance measures to avoid paying its fair share   OTTAWA – What is happening in long-term care homes across the country is devastating. Families are losing their loved ones to COVID-19, and the situation in for-profit long-term care homes is especially devastating. A recent report…

Don Davies to propose an emergency debate regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine distribution

MP Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), the NDP’s Critic for Health made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Scathing internal audit reveals significant shortcomings in federal pandemic response

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Jagmeet Singh’s NDP eager to keep fighting for Canadians as Parliament resumes

While Justin Trudeau focuses on triggering an election, the NDP wants urgent help for Canadians amid the second wave of COVID-19 Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

New Democrats call on Liberals to sign the TPNW

Jack Harris, NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs, made the following statement: “Today, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons becomes international law, without Canada’s signature. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

New Democrats ready to fight for Canadians as Parliament reconvenes

OTTAWA – The second wave of COVID-19 is making the lives of Canadians harder. People need help and the Liberal government is failing families who are losing their livelihood and struggling to keep their loved ones safe from the spread of the virus. Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he is ready to go back…

Singh says workers need paid sick leave to keep communities safe from COVID-19

OTTAWA – During this pandemic, too many Canadians are forced to choose between going to work sick or going without income and staying home. In the last few weeks, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has consulted health care experts, workers, provincial and municipal counterparts on the importance of sick leave to stop the spread of COVID-19. Singh has called on…

Canadians deserve economic support that is there for them when they need it

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NDP statement on the suspension of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivery to Canada

Don Davies, NDP Health Critic, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

The federal government must provide a timeline for vaccine roll out to Canadians

VANCOUVER- Today, after the Procurement Minister confirmed production issues will reduce Pfizer’s ability to deliver vaccines to Canada, New Democrats are again calling on the government to give Canadians more information about the deals they have signed with big pharmaceutical companies. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site