NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) launched an historic appeal on her abandoned vessels bill (C-352) which will lead to a secret ballot vote in the House of Commons allowing individual MPs to decide if her bill should be votable. The current version of Bill C-352 was introduced in the House on April 13. On October … Read more
NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic and sponsor of Bill C-262 Romeo Saganash (Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou, Que.) made a statement: “I was very glad to hear Minister [Jody] Wilson-Raybould’s announcement last night. Prime Minister Trudeau and the Liberal government’s support for my Bill C-262 is a meaningful step toward recognition and respect of Indigenous rights by Canada,” he said. “I look … Read more
NDP Health Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) issued a statement: “I was deeply disturbed to hear Conservative MP Peter Kent tell Canadians that legal cannabis is ‘just as dangerous as fentanyl’ and that home-grown cannabis is ‘virtually the same as putting fentanyl on a shelf within reach of kids’,” said Davies. “This is an outrageous and dangerous … Read more
The NDP, along with health advocates and health professionals, are raising serious concerns about information received under Access to Information that shows Health Canada working in favour of for-profit plasma donation centres. “There is evidence to suspect that a lobbyist, before being registered, was engaged in inappropriate activities in advance of recent blood broker approvals in … Read more
The Auditor General’s report is centred on the failings of the Liberals’ responsibility to implement the Phoenix program. In fact, the AG pointed to the Liberals having no idea of the full extent and causes of the Phoenix problem. He estimates it will take years to solve pay problems, and that it will likely cost … Read more
In the lead up to National Housing Day on November 22, NDP Housing Critic Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga, Que.), reiterated the NDP’s expectations for the soon-to-be released National Housing Strategy, details of which will be announced in the coming days. “We urgently need a housing strategy based on human rights,” said Boutin-Sweet. “In 1976, Canada ratified the … Read more
New Democrats are supporting calls made by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada to ask the Liberal government to look into an alternative to the Phoenix Pay System. PIPSC called on the Liberals to look into a plan B as Phoenix continues to be a fiasco for public service employees. “The number … Read more
NDP Health Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) criticized the Liberal government’s decision to impose an excise tax on medicinal cannabis. “The Liberals’ medicinal cannabis tax is misconceived, unfair to patients, and damaging to public health,” Davies said. “It is simply poor public policy.”The cost burden of medicinal cannabis is already high given that unlike prescription drugs and … Read more
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh issued the following statement: “Today, New Democrats honour the bravery and loyalty of the men and women who have fought for the freedoms we cherish as Canadians. We honour all those who served in the wars and missions overseas, as well as here at home. Today is a day to remember. … Read more
NDP Veterans Affairs Critic Irene Mathyssen made the following statement: “100 years ago,100,000 members of the Canadian Corps took part in the arduous Battle of Passchendaele. In those dark and terrifying days of World War I, they launched an attack to take back Passchendaele ridge in the region of Flanders in Belgium. The battle was long … Read more
