Canada’s NDP launched a new online platform to connect members, supporters, volunteers and staff through the mobile and desktop-based app named Slack. “We relied on this tool during Jagmeet’s leadership campaign to connect supporters in a central hub online, quickly share information, and create a sense of community across the country – understanding that everything is … Read more
NDP National Parks Critic Wayne Stetski (Kootenay–Columbia) made the following statement in honour of Canada Parks Day 2018: “Our national parks belong to all Canadians – both present and future. The Liberal government has promised to achieve our international conservation commitments to protect 17 per cent of our land and freshwater, and 10 per cent of our … Read more
The NDP says the appointment of a new minister to deal with asylum seekers does not solve the problems perpetuated by the Liberals’ refusal to change its policy on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States and adequately support asylum seekers. “We don’t just need a new minister, we need the Liberal government to … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) urging him to intervene following the announced cancellation of major Greyhound bus routes in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Northwestern Ontario and rural British Columbia. “Canadians who rely on bus services as their sole means of transportation will be cut off from employment, health … Read more
After weeks of the NDP calling for support for metal workers, the federal government finally unveiled its list of retaliatory tariffs and support package for steel and aluminum workers on Friday. The NDP welcomes these measures as a positive first step, but New Democrats believe that more must be done to protect Canadian jobs. “We welcome … Read more
NDP Critic for Multiculturalism, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, B.C.) issued a statement: “New Democrats strongly oppose recommendations in the Report of the Independent Review of the Immigration and Refugee Board to strip the IRB of its authority to conduct refugee status determination. Although efforts to improve our system are always welcomed, we must not … Read more
The House of Commons Trade Committee had an emergency meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday to discuss US-Canada trade uncertainty. In the meeting, NDP International Trade Critic Tracey Ramsey (Essex, Ont.) focused on how the government can protect Canadian workers from President Trump’s current steel and aluminum tariffs and looming threats of auto tariffs. “As a result … Read more
NDP Reconciliation Critic Romeo Saganash (Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou, Que.) issued a statement: “Yesterday, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, I learned of the deeply held racism and hatred Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette has for my community and constituents in the North,” he said. “I strongly agree with the statement of Kuujjuaq Mayor Tunu Napartuk: Mr. Barrette should represent all the … Read more
NDP Women’s Equality Critic Sheila Malcolmson (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) urged the Liberal government to immediately reform treatment of Indigenous women in Canada’s justice and corrections systems. The recommendations in the Standing Committee on the Status of Women’s report tabled Tuesday failed to fully reflect the cycle of injustice, poverty, physical, psychological and sexual violence that Indigenous women disproportionately … Read more
A report from Campaign 2000 has revealed the current levels of child poverty in Canada. “The Liberals have been in power for three years, and although they promised to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, the Campaign 2000 report showed that nearly 1.2 million children still live under the poverty line. The … Read more
