Category Archives: News from Central

NDP to end landlord money grabs and bring in national rent control 

HALIFAX – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to fight soaring rents and protect renters, starting by implementing national rent control—a policy that will stop predatory corporate landlords that profiteer off people’s homes with unfair and unreasonable rent increases.  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Poilievre attacks senior First Nations leaders and dozens of elected officials calling on him to fire Gunn 

Over the last 48 hours, calls for North Island-Powell River candidate Aaron Gunn to be removed have grown quickly. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Singh pledges federal action to give every Canadian access to a family doctor by 2030

ST. JOHN’S – Today, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh laid out a plan to ensure every Canadian has a family doctor addressing the worsening shortage in primary care that has left nearly seven million Canadians without a family physician. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Carney’s dodgy response on tax havens conflates pension funds with Brookfield’s corporate profits 

This morning Liberal Leader Mark Carney once again defended Brookfield Asset Management’s use of tax havens while he was Chair of the company.   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Premier Eby urging British Columbians to re-elect NDP MPs

In a video together, B.C. Premier David Eby encourages British Columbians to re-elect NDP MPs to continue advocating for Canadians Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Unveils Plan to Stop Corporate Tax Dodgers Like Carney’s Brookfield 

MONTREAL — Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to stop billionaires and big corporations like Mark Carney’s Brookfield from dodging taxes through offshore havens—because when they don’t pay their fair share, everyday Canadians are left paying the price through cuts to health care and the public services families rely on.  Read the full…

Mark Carney has helped Brookfield avoid $5.3 billion taxes since 2021 

Canadians lost an estimated $5.3 billion to Brookfield Asset Management’s tax avoidance in the time Mark Carney was at the company.   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Poilievre copies Singh’s GST promise but fails to commit to EI changes to protect workers 

Earlier today Pierre Poilievre announced something Jagmeet Singh did a week ago – removing GST from Canadian-made cars. Video of Singh’s commitment is available at 7:50 here. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Jagmeet Singh Launches Canada Victory Bonds and a Plan to Build Canadian 

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh today unveiled Canada Victory Bonds and a suite of commitments to protect Canadian workers, rebuild critical infrastructure, and ensure working and middle-class families don’t bear the cost of Donald Trump’s reckless trade war. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Brookfield runs $50 billion businesses out of Bermuda building with bike shop 

A CTV report this morning that many of the core businesses of Brookfield Asset Management, where Mark Carney was Chair until January, have registries to 73 Front St. in Hamilton, Bermuda. The building is an oceanfront address with a bike shop that looks like this. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site