NDP statement on the occasion of Nowruz 2024
Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP motion calls on Liberal government to act for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel
OTTAWA — On Monday New Democrats are forcing a vote on their motion which outlines nine steps the federal government can take to help end the violence in Gaza and Israel that has cost tens of thousands of lives. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
Singh: Toronto tenants desperately need a Protecting Renters Fund in the upcoming budget
TORONTO — On Friday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP candidate for Toronto—Danforth, Clare Hacksel, urged the government to establish a fund to protect renters in Toronto in the next budget. This fund would help not-for-profit organizations buy affordable housing when it’s on the market and make sure it stays affordable for renters instead of…
Singh: Protecting Renters Fund should be in the upcoming budget
COQUITLAM— On Tuesday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody –Coquitlam) urged the government to establish a fund to protect renters in the next budget. This fund, similar to the one the B.C. government has put in place, would help not-for-profit organizations across the country buy affordable housing when it’s on…
Jagmeet singh calls for a fund to protect Canadian renters
ESQUIMALT— On Sunday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP candidate for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, Maja Tait, called on the federal government to put in place a fund to protect renters. This fund would help not-for-profit organizations buy affordable housing when it’s on the market and make sure it stays affordable for renters. Read the full release on…
NDP wishes those celebrating Ramadan Mubarak!
Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP statement on International Women’s Day 2024
NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality, MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP wants help for volunteer firefighters in the budget
OTTAWA— On Wednesday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh toured the Denman Island Volunteer Fire Department on Vancouver Island with NDP MP Gord Johns (Courtney – Alberni). Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP calls for school lunch program to feed hungry kids in the upcoming budget
COMOX, B.C. – On Wednesday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined by local NDP MPs Rachel Blaney and Gord Johns called for a National School Lunch program to be implemented in the upcoming budget. Right now, food bank usage across the country is at its highest level since 1989 and more than one million children are living…
NDP calls on Liberals to reverse cuts to Indigenous services in the upcoming federal budget
OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP critic for Indigenous Services Lori Idlout (Nunavut) and deputy critic for Indigenous Services Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) called on the Liberals to reverse the $7.6 billion in cuts to essential programs Indigenous peoples rely on in the next federal budget on April 16th. While many of those programs will sunset,…
