OTTAWA – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced the appointment of long-time senior NDP strategists Jennifer Howard as the NDP’s 2019 Campaign Director and Michael Balagus as Special Advisor to the NDP’s 2019 Campaign. On Thursday, the NDP also released two campaign videos to speak to Canadians from coast to coast to coast. Read the…
OTTAWA – On Wednesday, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada stayed proceedings against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and once again, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is being accused of politically interfering in a judicial process. The NDP has sent a letter officially requesting that an independent prosecutor investigates allegations of political pressure to restore the trust of Canadians in our justice system.…
OTTAWA— NDP Deputy Leader Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie) was joined by Daphnée Elisma, a Patient Health Advocate from Cannabis Santé, and lawyer Jacqueline Bissonnette, to ask the Liberal government to clarify its position on medical cannabis. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Angus says the vote for M-174 is a hopeful moment for Canadians. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – Of the 16 million Canadians who try to reach a government representative through call centres, more than half cannot get through, warned Canada’s Auditor General today. Millions of calls are sent back to an automated system or told to go to the website or to call back later. Canadians deserve a government that provides…
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Anne Minh-Thu Quach, NDP Youth Critic, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP MPs Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay) and Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) were joined by suicide prevention expert Jack Hicks to call for all-party support for motion M-174, which calls on the government to establish a national suicide prevention action plan. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau’s Liberals voted against NDP MP Murray Rankin’s (Victoria) Private Member’s Bill C-415 that would expunge criminal records for cannabis possession despite agreeing that black Canadians and Indigenous people have been disproportionately affected by drug laws. 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
