NDP Statement on the first national Gender Equality Week
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DetailsJagmeet Singh met with Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation
THUNDER BAY – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, along with Charlie Angus, NDP MP for Timmins-James Bay, met with Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation representing 49 First Nations in Northern Ontario. They spoke of the importance of having a federal government that understands the reality that northern communities face on issues…
DetailsNDP Statement on Armenia’s Anniversary of Independence
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DetailsJagmeet Singh: Liberal Government Must Abandon Trans Mountain Expansion
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsNDP Wants Committee to Study Details of Pipeline Crown Corporation
OTTAWA – Daniel Blaikie, NDP Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations & Estimates, will propose that the committee study possible structures and governance models for the Crown Corporation under which the government has proposed the completion of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project will proceed. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsNDP Condemns Genocide Against Rohingya
Statement by Hélène Laverdière, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic and Cheryl Hardcastle, Vice-Chair of the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsAccessibility Act Needs Substantial Amendments
OTTAWA — With the second reading of the government’s Accessibility Act on Wednesday, New Democrats are renewing their commitment to working with the Liberals to finally pass the comprehensive accessibility legislation that people living with disabilities deserve. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsFederal Government Must Honour its Commitments to Canada’s Vulnerable Children
OTTAWA – Today NDP MP Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby) and Ms. Shawn Bayes, Executive Director of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, called on the Government of Canada to uphold its responsibility as signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to ensure children across the country have equal access…
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