NDP critic for Women and Gender Equality Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) released the following statement in response to news that the Liberal government has spent only 5 per cent of a $724.1 million fund to address violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP Agriculture and Food Critic Alistair MacGregor will table a petition in the House of Commons that calls on the government to end the transportation of live horses for slaughter. The petition, initiated by Jann Arden, was signed by almost 40,000 Canadians. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, has written to Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, to call on him to reject the Rogers-Shaw merger as Friday’s deadline approached. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP critic for Food Price Inflation Alistair MacGregor will lead a vote to extend an NDP-initiated investigation into high food prices and corporate greed. With the investigation set to end in the coming days without hearing from big grocery CEOs who have avoided testifying, MacGregor’s motion would force the CEOs of…
The critic for Foreign Affairs, NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona), made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
CBC investigation lays out how Canadians are being charged tens of thousands of dollars to jump the queue Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
NDP Mental Health and Harm Reduction Critic Gord Johns made the following statement on the Liberals’ new health care agreement with the provinces and territories, and its exclusion of urgently needed mental health funding: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – NDP Critic for Tax Fairness Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) released the following statement in response to the new report by Canadians for Tax Fairness on how some of the richest companies in the country used the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) while avoiding paying billions in taxes: Read the full release on NDP…
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh released the following statement in response to emerging details the federal government’s new Canada Health Transfer offer to provinces: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
OTTAWA – On Monday, Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody-Coquitlam) tabled a report in the House of Commons on labour shortages and working conditions in the care economy — which includes sectors like health care and social services. This study, pushed by Zarrillo, comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with Premiers to discuss…
