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…
OTTAWA — New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to come back to work for Canadians who are relying on them for help. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
After successfully fighting to get federal funding to help with back to school this year, NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona Heather McPherson is calling on Jason Kenney’s UCP government to make sure the federal money goes where it is most needed to keep Alberta kids safe. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP deputy critic for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Services, Gord Johns, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA –Internal government documents reveal that Liberal Minister Bardish Chagger played a key role in putting WE Charity in the driver’s seat of the now failed student service grant program worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
IQALUIT – After visiting eight communities over 21 days and speaking with local authorities and hundreds of Nunavummiut about their unique challenges with safe and affordable housing, NDP Critic for Northern Affairs, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, concluded her housing tour by addressing the media today. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA— New Democrats are calling on the government to make changes that will protect Canadians and help Hong Kongers facing persecution under the new National Security Law. This comes after the Liberals shut down parliament and abruptly ended the work of the Canada-China Committee. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Timmins — The Liberal government continues to leave First Nations students behind by not providing enough funding to ensure their safety in today’s Safe Return to Class Fund announcement. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site