NDP transport and infrastructure critic Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina, Ont.) issued a statement on the rejection of her motion to create a long-term federal plan to deal with traffic congestion. The full statement is available online. The NDP is calling on the government to expedite family reunification for Syrian-Canadians and their relatives in Syria. NDP foreign affairs critic … Read more
NDP MP Malcolm Allen (Welland, Ont.) introduced a private member’s bill that would increase coordination and promotion of organ donation throughout Canada and create a pan-Canadian Organ Donor Registry. A pan-Canadian registry would reduce provincial health care costs by making it easier to connect organ donors with recipients. This would also address disparities in wait … Read more
NDP transport and infrastructure critic Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina, Ont.) will introduce a motion demanding the government include a plan for long-term infrastructure and public transit support in the upcoming budget. Chow’s motion, which will be debated on Tuesday, Feb. 26 with a vote the following day, also calls on the government to partner with other levels … Read more
NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre, Ont.) congratulated professor Andrew Bennett on his appointment as Canada’s first ambassador for the Office of Religious Freedom. Dewar said the NDP believe that encouraging religious tolerance and promoting religious freedoms around the world is an important Canadian value. The full statement is available online.
The NDP is calling on the government to provide adequate long-term care and assistance to Canadian veterans who have served in combat or peacekeeping missions after the Korean War. The full release is available online. Call 613-850-3448.
The NDP is standing with aboriginal leaders, civil society, and Human Rights Watch to demand a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, said NDP status of women critic Niki Ashton. According to a recent Human Rights Watch report, several Aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia allege being physically or sexually … Read more
NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre, Ont.) said the NDP strongly condemn North Korea’s decision to undertake a third nuclear test, in defiance of security council sanctions. Dewar added that this action is dangerous and highly provocative. The full statement is available online.
NDP transport and infrastructure critic Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina, Ont.) said she is standing with Canada’s business community and municipalities in demanding a federal long-term, predictable and non-partisan infrastructure funding program. Chow is calling for a program that sets clear targets, grows with the economy and the population and encourages partnerships and innovation. With questions in the … Read more
The NDP said the commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) is warning that continued government failure to ensure that environmental protection keeps pace with resource extraction will endanger Canada’s economy. NDP environment critic Megan Leslie (Halifax, N.S.) said her party has long warned the government that recklessly rushing to exploit Canada’s resources without … Read more
Official Opposition leader Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) made a statement on Black History Month. The full statement is available online. The NDP is continuing to pressure the government to cancel changes to employment insurance and will dedicate their opposition day next Tuesday to this issue. NDP employment insurance critic Anne-Marie Day (Charlesbourg-Haute-Saint-Charles, Que.) will table the a motion. More … Read more
