NDP motion for a national, public inquiry on foreign interference passes — NDP urges Trudeau to follow through
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DetailsNDP moves motion for a national, public inquiry into foreign interference
OTTAWA — On Wednesday, at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC), NDP House Leader Peter Julian introduced a motion to launch a full public inquiry into disturbing reports of foreign interference in federal elections. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsSingh in Winnipeg to call for health deals to fund more workers, not cash-for-care corps that poach staff
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DetailsSingh calls for public inquiry into alleged election interference by China
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s NDP, is calling for a public inquiry into alleged Chinese interference in Canada’s federal election, and the Canadian government’s response to it. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsNDP Statement on the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine
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DetailsNDP calls for probe of Health Minister’s interference in PMPRB
OTTAWA — NDP Health Critic Don Davies is calling for an investigation into Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ direct involvement in shelving reforms intended to save Canadians billions of dollars on prescription medicines. A new report reveals that, following numerous exchanges with pharmaceutical giants, the minister personally asked the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Canada’s independent and…
DetailsGrocery chains raking in record profits continue a vicious cycle for Canadians already struggling to keep up with the cost of living
In response to Loblaw seeing its fourth-quarter revenue rise about 10 per cent to a whopping $14.01 billion, NDP critic for Finance, Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona) issued the following statement: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsBillions in subsidies for corporations with tax debt shows how government is stacking the deck against working people
The NDP’s Tax Fairness critic Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) released the following statement on reports that the federal government paid $37.7 billion in pandemic wage subsidies to businesses with tax debts, and even gave $1 billion in CEWS payments to insolvent companies, and won’t be seeking repayment: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsNDP urges Liberals to create an Alert to save Indigenous lives
WINNIPEG — On Wednesday, NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality, Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) urged the Liberal government to create a Red Dress Alert program to urgently notify the public when Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit person goes missing. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
DetailsAs inflation calms, NDP say corporate greed still a factor in rising food prices
NDP Food Price Inflation Critic Alistair MacGregor made the following statement after news that while inflation is settling, food prices are up 11.4 per cent: Read the full release on NDP Central’s site
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