Public Safety Critic Don Davies (Vancouver-Kingsway, BC) says the government’s Air India Action Plan contains some positive steps, but is concerned about the lack of details. He also reiterated the party’s support for financial compensation for Air India victims. The full release is available online. Call 613-222-5048.
Party leader Jack Layton (Toronto-Danforth, ON) says it’s time to end regional discrimination among Canada’s employment insurance recipients. Call 613-720-6463. Party leader Jack Layton (Toronto-Danforth, ON) issued a statement recognizing the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Call 613-720-6463. Public Safety Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, BC) says the committee hearings … Read more
Veterans Affairs Critic Peter Stoffer (Sackville-Eastern Shore, NS) welcomes the government's decision to provide $25,000 in funding to help mark First Nations graves. Call 613-995-5822.
New Democrats will use an opposition day motion to demand the government immediately present legislation to prevent oil supertankers from plying the hazardous waters off British Columbia’s sensitive northern coast. The full release is available online. Call 613-720-6400. The party says Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page gave the government a failing grade on its multi-billion … Read more
NDP MPs say the massive Biotech lobby has spent nine months and hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting against NDP Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko’s (British Columbia Southern Interior, BC) seed bill, Bill C-474, An Act respecting the Seeds Regulations (analysis of potential harm). The full release is available online. Call 613-720-6400. At a World AIDS … Read more
In a letter signed by every Opposition Member of Parliament from the province, New Democrats called on the Conservative government to honour a long-standing moratorium by legislating a ban on the transit of super tankers through Northern BC coastal waters. The full release is available online. Call 613-993-8662. Finance Critic Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, QC) introduced … Read more
Party leader Jack Layton (Toronto-Danforth, ON) is lending his support o New Democrat Candidate Kevin Chief in the final days of the Winnipeg North campaign. The full release is available online. Call 613-720-6463. NDPs say the Prime Minister has once again used his stacked and unaccountable Senate to quash legislation he does not like. Adding … Read more
Party leader Jack Layton (Toronto-Danforth, ON) says the government needs to finally get serious about fighting climate change and to start, the government can honour their G20 promise to stop subsidizing profitable oil and gas companies. The full release is available online. Call 613-720-6463.
Official Languages Critic Yvon Godin (Acadie–Bathurst, NB) is outraged by the delaying tactics that Conservative Senators are using to obstruct, for partisan purposes, the normal stages that Bill C‑232, An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages), should be following in the Senate. Call 613-295-9228. Party leader Jack Layton (Toronto-Danforth, ON) … Read more
Bill C-572, Strengthening Fiscal Transparency Act, a New Democrat bill to strengthen accountability is having its first hour of debate in the House of Commons. Call 613-995-1794.
