OTTAWA– The Liberal government continues to fight Indigenous fishing rights in court and provide unclear instruction to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), irresponsibly fueling mounting tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers on both coasts. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
CAMPBELL RIVER – The Trudeau Liberals have made a lot of empty promises in their throne speeches but, yesterday, they didn’t even bother to mention Canada’s veterans or the help and support they need and deserve. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is sending a message to Justin Tudeau that people need real action to make their lives better. His empty words and broken promises have not helped anyone in Canada. The pandemic has exposed the gaps in the services people depend on and the inequalities people face. New Democrats…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – NDP Critic for Ethics, Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay) was in Ottawa today, calling on the Liberals to explain why they welcomed a controversial company with deep ties to Donald Trump into meetings with top government officials. Palantir Technologies was represented in Ottawa by former Ambassador to the US and Liberal Campaign Co-chair David…
A statement by MP Jack Harris, NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs on the International Day of Peace: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
ST. JOHN’S – New Democrats are questioning Minister Blair’s ability to take the transformative action needed to deal with systemic racism in Canadian policing. Recent reports from the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Tribunal have revealed troubling statistics about systemic racism and a culture of sexual harassment within the Toronto Police Services (TPS) during his…
Little has happened since M-174 passed parliament a year ago. COVID has made things worse. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
VANCOUVER – Three years after the Liberal government announced what they called their National Housing Strategy (NHS), people in several provinces still haven’t seen a dime of support for housing and the entire NHS still completely ignores the dire housing situation for urban, rural, and northern Indigenous people. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – With already limited job prospects compounded by retail and service industry shutdowns and increased costs for university and college, young Canadians have been some of the hardest hit financially by the pandemic. Things were made worse when the Liberals failed to come through with the nearly billion dollars in support they promised through…
