Category Archives: News from Central

NDP tables a plan to reduce wasted food to save people money, so less Canadians go hungry

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo tabled a bill to create a National Strategy to reduce the amount of wasted food in Canada. This comes at a time when more Canadians than ever before are being forced to turn to food banks and people are having to put fresh fruit and vegetables back…

NDP calls for a National Brain Injury Strategy to support struggling Canadians 

OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor, joined by members of the Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium called on the Liberal government to support his plan to create a National Brain Injury Strategy, as more than 1.5 million Canadians have been left to cope with the aftermaths of brain injuries alone. Read the full release on NDP…

As Liberals fail to bring down food prices, NDP forces grocery CEOs back to committee to answer to Canadians

NDP successfully calls grocery CEOs back to committee to testify on their plan to lower food prices after Liberals ask nicely approach fails Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

As Premiers call for a CEBA loan extension, NDP calls for federal leadership to bring relief for small businesses  

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NDP: Justin Trudeau and the Liberals are abandoning Nunavut and the North 

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NDP statement on Persons Day 2023

Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP Veterans Affairs critic brings light to the experiences of women veterans 

OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP Veterans Affairs Critic Rachel Blaney hosted an event on Parliament Hill to mark her study into women veterans’ experiences – an issue the government has never investigated, which has hurt veteran services in Canada. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Following the CEO of Suncor’s appearance at a parliamentary committee, NDP calls on Liberals to defend Canadians

OTTAWA – On Tuesday, NDP critic for Natural Resources Charlie Angus (Timmins – James Bay), and NDP critic for Emergency Preparedness Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay), joined by award-winning author John Vaillant, urged the Liberals to put forward a real plan to stop Big Oil’s unchecked greed and place a strong emissions cap on Big Oil to stop their decades-long…

NDP statement on recent devastating events in Israel and Palestine

Statement by Heather McPherson, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Single-payer universal pharmacare will save Canadians billions, expand coverage to millions

In reaction to the Parliamentary Budgetary Officer’s (PBO) report on single-payer universal pharmacare, NDP Health Critic Don Davies issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site