OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called the lack of any new laws to protect workers’ pensions from being raided by banks and creditors in the government’s BIA is a “moral failure” on the part of the Liberal government. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA – In an open letter signed by the leaders of the NDP, the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and the Green Party, the opposition is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately call all by-elections following his decision to hold an election for only one of the four vacant seats in the House of Commons. Read…
DetailsOTTAWA – On Monday, NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh, was joined by steelworkers in urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not to sign the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement trade deal until the U.S. administration lifts its illegal tariffs on steel and aluminium. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA – Yazidi religious minorities in Northern Iraq continue to suffer psychological trauma from genocide, torture, and sexual exploitation by ISIS. The NDP is supporting refugees, as well as the Women Refugees Advocacy Project (WRAP), in their call for urgent action on implementing culturally sensitive, expertly designed, trauma programs and housing, and will be tabling…
DetailsOTTAWA – Today NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh, announced the appointment of long-time senior NDP strategist Michael Balagus as interim Chief of Staff to the NDP. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA – New Democrats are disappointed that Motion 166 to study postal banking has been defeated in the House of Commons today. The Liberals were presented with a progressive and forward thinking idea, and they decided to team up with Conservatives to vote it down. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA – Across the country, too many Canadian families are tragically losing parents, siblings, and children to the public health emergency caused by opioids. Today, the NDP called on the Liberals to launch an investigation into the role drug companies may have played in fueling the opioid crisis in Canada, and to seek meaningful restitution…
DetailsOTTAWA – In a speech to Canadian Innovators on Tuesday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Federal Liberal government to step-in and save the Basic Income Pilot Project Ontario Premier Doug Ford has pledged to cancel. Ford announced the program that guarantees a minimum income for 4,000 low-income residents will end in March of…
DetailsJagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA – Following their visit to Kashechewan First Nation, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP Critic for Indigenous Youth Charlie Angus (Timmins – James Bay) came back to Ottawa with a strong message for the Liberal government. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
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