“Veterans are so far down this government’s list of priorities they didn’t even mention them in the [throne] speech that was over an hour long,” said NDP veterans critic Rachel Blaney (North Island-Powell River, B.C.). “Our service men and women […] are there when we need them, whether it’s helping to keep our loved ones safe in long-term … Read more
“The government delivered a throne speech filled with talk about nice things,” said NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.). “But a throne speech is just words on paper. And this Prime Minister has shown us over and over that his actions don’t match his empty words,” he said. “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) has not matched his big promises with … Read more
NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus (Timmins–James Bay, Ont.) called on the Liberals to explain why they welcomed a controversial company with deep ties to Donald Trump into meetings with top government officials. Palantir Technologies was represented in Ottawa by former Ambassador to the US and Liberal Campaign Co-chair David McNaughton. Last week, the Ethics Commissioner … Read more
New Democrats are questioning Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair‘s (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) ability to take the transformative action needed to deal with systemic racism in Canadian policing. A recent Ontario Human Rights Commission report on the use of force by TPS shows that, at the end of Blair’s tenure as Toronto Police Chief, a Black person was … Read more
In a letter sent Sept. 16 to Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.), NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay, Ont.) reminded her of the Liberal government’s support for the NDP’s Motion 174 to creating a National Suicide Prevention Strategy, and stressed the urgent need of the tools and resources promised in the motion. “The stress of this unprecedented medical and economic crisis will have … Read more
Three years after the Liberal government announced what they called their National Housing Strategy, people in several provinces still haven’t seen a dime of support for housing and the entire NHS still completely ignores the dire housing situation for urban, rural, and northern Indigenous people. “When the Prime Minister admitted that adequate housing is a fundamental human right, it should have meant something. Instead, it was more empty words from … Read more
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) issued a statement: “[The Sept. 10 B.C. Supreme Court ruling in the Cambie case] is a win for public health care,” he said. “Health care should be there for you and your family whenever you need it, no matter how much money is in your bank account. The global pandemic has shown us … Read more
NDP Ethics Critic Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay, Ont.) issued a statement on the WE Charity: “They’ve have been in economic freefall for months,” he said. “This was a group that fired its board of directors for asking too many questions about its finances. The question is why didn’t the government see this before handing them over a … Read more
NDP Critic for Post Secondary Education Lindsay Mathyssen (London–Fanshawe, Ont.) called on the government to follow through on financial support for students: “Help was promised with the announcement of Canadian Student Service Grant; however, it is now clear that this was not a program to help students but a bailout package for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) friends at WE Charity,” … Read more
New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to come back to work for Canadians who are relying on them for help. By shutting down parliament, the Liberals are making people who depend on the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit to wait to know if more help is coming and what it will look like. “Canadians … Read more
