Category Archives: News from Central

After New Democrats forced all MPs to agree to look into sky-high cost of food, Competition Bureau opens investigation

Last Monday, in an Opposition Day Motion in the House of Commons, the NDP called on all parties to ask the Competition Bureau to launch an investigation of grocery chain profits Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP: Liberals dragged their feet on long overdue handgun freeze

NDP Public Safety Critic Alistair MacGregor made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

The Liberals need to answer to Canadians

NDP Public Safety Critic Alistair MacGregor made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP: Workers safety must always come before profits

OTTAWA – Today, NDP Transport Critic Taylor Bachrach and NDP Labour Critic Alexandre Boulerice called on the Liberal government to abolish private rail police and stop allowing big rail corporations to investigate themselves when workers are injured or killed on the job. The NDP MPs were joined by individuals who have lost loved ones in…

NDP fighting to help Canadian families pay their heating bills this winter

New Democrats propose changing CPC Oppo Day to waive GST on families’ home heating bills, and Conservatives say no Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

New Democrats are urging the government to help Canadians as food prices hit 41-year high

OTTAWA – Today, the Leader of Canada’s NDP Jagmeet Singh is again calling on the government to support Canadian families as the price of food hits a 41-year high. While Canadians are already struggling to afford the groceries they need, the cost of food rose again to 11.4 per cent and the average hourly wage…

NDP forces Liberals to begin steps to implement anti-scab legislation

NDP Labour Critic, Alexandre Boulerice, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

New Democrats call for action on the crisis in Haiti

NDP critic for foreign affairs, Heather McPherson, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP forces study into rent gouging and corporate landlord greed

NDP Housing Critic Jenny Kwan and NDP Critic for Disability Inclusion, Bonita Zarrillo, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

New Democrats force all political parties to address tackling the corporate greed that hurts Canadians

OTTAWA – Today, NDP Natural Resources (Jobs and Just Transition) Critic, Charlie Angus, representatives from the Federation of Labour, Unifor, Steelworkers, representing Alberta industrial workers, as well as NDP MPs Heather McPherson and Blake Desjarlais demanded that the government come up with a real plan for Alberta workers and a clean energy transition.  Workers in Western Canada want to…