NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, with the NDP’s Finance Critic and Deputy Finance Critic, Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) and Pierre-Luc Dusseault (Sherbrooke, Que.) sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and Finance Minister Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.) ahead of the Liberal fiscal update, asking them to rule out additional giveaways to Canada’s richest … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced the appointment of long-time senior NDP strategist Jennifer Howard as Chief of Staff to the NDP. Howard, who will start her role on December 4, is currently Executive Director at the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and is a former Cabinet minister to Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger. Call 613-222-2351. NDP Critic for Official Languages François Choquette (Drummond, Que.) issued … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Liberal government to launch an investigation into the role drug companies may have played in fueling the opioid crisis and to seek meaningful restitution for the public costs of this crisis. “The federal government should have declared this a public health emergency a long time ago and must … Read more
Small businesses, industry leaders and unions – even Conservative Deputy Leader Lisa Raitt (Milton, Ont.) – agreed with the NDP that Canada should leverage the U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel by not signing the USMCA. “Justin Trudeau needs to stand up for our workers and not sign the trade deal until these unfair tariffs are gone,” … Read more
With Members of Parliament spending this week back in their ridings, the NDP is hammering the government for failing to protect Canada’s supply management system for dairy, poultry, and eggs. “Once again the Liberals have given up another critical protection for Canada’s farmers and producers,” said NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, referring to supply management concessions the … Read more
During clause-by-clause for the accessibility bill, C-81, New Democrats were disappointed that the Liberals shot down all 100 amendments to the legislation. “Despite the impressive unanimity in the testimony from leading experts in the field of disability advocacy, this Liberal government chose to ignore all of it,” said NDP Sports and Persons with Disabilities Critic Cheryl … Read more
Liberals on the Government Operations and Estimates Committee killed an urgent NDP motion to review Canada Post’s negotiating tactic to target sick and vulnerable workers in the current round of collective bargaining. “It should be obvious to all Members that when workers don’t get paid, they can’t pay their bills. This was a simple motion … Read more
The NDP motion calling on the Liberal government to reallocate the hundreds of millions of dollars in lapsed funding to improve services and benefits for Canadian veterans, passed the House of Commons with all-party support. “Today is a victory for veterans across Canada who have risked everything for us but have not been getting the respect or the services they deserve,” … Read more
The NDP are using their Opposition Day Motion to force the Liberal government to spend all allocated funding to immediately improve services for Canada’s veterans. The NDP says veterans are not getting the respect or services they deserve from the Liberal government following $372 million in unspent funding. ”Veterans shouldn’t be put on hold for … Read more
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced he will end the stock option loophole, which provides massive and untaxed payouts to CEOs, a move the Liberals had promised to do but following corporate pressure decided to back down. “Every day, I meet Canadians who are getting hit by sky-rocketing housing prices, serious out-of-pocket healthcare costs and unaffordable childcare … Read more
