Plastic Pollution is a Global Crisis: NDP Statement on World Environment Day
Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement on World Environment Day: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP to Introduce Bill on Mandatory Minimum Sentences
OTTAWA – This morning, Sheri Benson, MP for Saskatoon West, introduced a bill drafted in collaboration with students that seeks to restore the independence of the judiciary by allowing trial judges to deviate from mandatory minimum sentences. The bill will give trial judges greater discretion in sentencing as long as they provide valid reasoning. The bill is…
NDP Statement on Sexual Abuse in Sport
NPD Critic for Sport, Cheryl Hardcastle, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP: Liberals Must Strengthen Financial Accountability on $7 Billion of Spending
OTTAWA – Today, NDP Treasury Board Critic Daniel Blaikie will serve notice of over 200 motions at the Government Operations and Estimates committee; one for each questionable item in Treasury Board Vote 40. The new and unprecedented mechanism, usually referred to as “Vote 40”, would grant over $7 billion to the government for new spending…
NDP challenges Liberals to reconcile respect for Indigenous Peoples with Kinder Morgan buyout
NDP Reconciliation Critic, Romeo Saganash tabled a motion on Monday to have MPs vote to reaffirm their support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in light of the Liberals’ decision to purchase the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project with taxpayer money. UNDRIP includes the right to “free, prior and informed…
NDP Statement on the Situation in Nicaragua
NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs, Hélène Laverdière, and NDP Critic for International Human Rights, Cheryl Hardcastle, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
New Democrats Recognize Canadian Armed Forces Day
Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Statement on Pride Month – Celebrating Courage and Hope
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP: Victory for CUPW Demonstrates Need for Pay Equity Legislation
OTTAWA – Today, an arbitrator ruled that Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) do equal work to urban letter carriers, and acknowledged the wage gap between the two groups, siding with the methodology presented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP calls on prime minister to support Canadian steel and aluminum workers
Following today’s announcement that the United States will apply massive tariffs on Canada’s steel and aluminum sectors the NDP is saying the Liberal government must do much more to protect Canadian workers. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
