ST. JOHN’S – New Democrats are questioning Minister Blair’s ability to take the transformative action needed to deal with systemic racism in Canadian policing. Recent reports from the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Tribunal have revealed troubling statistics about systemic racism and a culture of sexual harassment within the Toronto Police Services (TPS) during his…
DetailsLittle has happened since M-174 passed parliament a year ago. COVID has made things worse. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsVANCOUVER – Three years after the Liberal government announced what they called their National Housing Strategy (NHS), people in several provinces still haven’t seen a dime of support for housing and the entire NHS still completely ignores the dire housing situation for urban, rural, and northern Indigenous people. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA – With already limited job prospects compounded by retail and service industry shutdowns and increased costs for university and college, young Canadians have been some of the hardest hit financially by the pandemic. Things were made worse when the Liberals failed to come through with the nearly billion dollars in support they promised through…
DetailsJagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada’s NDP, issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA — New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to come back to work for Canadians who are relying on them for help. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsAfter successfully fighting to get federal funding to help with back to school this year, NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona Heather McPherson is calling on Jason Kenney’s UCP government to make sure the federal money goes where it is most needed to keep Alberta kids safe. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsNDP deputy critic for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Services, Gord Johns, made the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsOTTAWA –Internal government documents reveal that Liberal Minister Bardish Chagger played a key role in putting WE Charity in the driver’s seat of the now failed student service grant program worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsIQALUIT – After visiting eight communities over 21 days and speaking with local authorities and hundreds of Nunavummiut about their unique challenges with safe and affordable housing, NDP Critic for Northern Affairs, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, concluded her housing tour by addressing the media today. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
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