Category Archives: News from Central

Canada’s NDP Leader calls on Trudeau government to reject the American style, for-profit health care Conservatives are pushing

Singh says the Liberals spent $100 million on consultants but refuse to deliver on promise to hire 7,100 nurses to help address staffing shortages Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP to probe McKinsey contracts in parliamentary committee

NDP Ethics critic Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre) released the following statement in light of the revelation from Public Services and Procurement Canada that McKinsey & Company has actually received $101.4 million in government contracts since 2015, substantially higher than previously thought: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Inflation still raging, wages down and Liberals nowhere to be found  

The NDP critic for Finance, MP Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood-Transcona), made the following statement on the release of the updated inflation rate:  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Canada’s NDP calls on Trudeau to take a stand for Canadian health care

Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s NDP, responded with the following statement to Premier Doug Ford’s decision to hand part of Ontario’s health care system over to for-profit corporations: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Liberals are standing by while cellphone giants make huge profits off of Canadians 

NDP Innovation, Science and Industry Critic Brian Masse made the following statement on Canadians’ sky-high cellphone bills: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Human Rights Watch report confirms the Liberals are failing Indigenous communities

The NDP critic for Indigenous Services, Northern Affairs and Crown-Indigenous Relations, MP Lori Idlout (Nunavut), and NDP critic for Women and Gender Equality, Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), made the following joint statement:  Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP calls for automatic compensation when Canadians’ flights are delayed

Bachrach calls on minister to stand up to big airlines, overhaul passenger protections Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

NDP calls for automatic compensation when Canadians’ flights are delayed

Bachrach calls on minister to stand up to big airlines, overhaul passenger protections Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Reality check: Dinner with Poilievre costs more than Canadians’ rent

Pierre Poilievre is charging $1,700 per person for a cash-for-access dinner with his ultra-wealthy supporters Tuesday evening at the Toronto Club.   Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

Liberals and Conservatives look out for rich consultants while Canadians struggle to pay their bills

NDP critic for Ethics, Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre), made the following comment about calls for a parliamentary committee to examine contracts the Liberal government has awarded to McKinsey & Company: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site