Press Release Department: Non-Governmental - New Democratic Party of Canada

NDP Critic for Economic Development and Small Business Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, B.C.) and Finance Critic Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) sent a letter to Finance Minister Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.) and Families, Children and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.) calling on the government to fix the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program. “Instead of designing a program that targets help to those who need it, … Read more

NDP Health Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) is calling on the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act and stand up to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney‘s plan to privatize orthopedic surgeries. “Kenney’s privatization agenda will create a two-tiered health care system that violates our most basic principles of equal access and will hurt … Read more

Canadian workers in the aluminum sector are worried about their livelihoods following U.S. President Donald Trump’s Aug. 7 announcement of new punitive tariffs on Canadian aluminum. “We’ve called for better planning for this type of attack from trading partners that the federal government has let have too much control here in Canada and to protect workers’ pensions … Read more

NDP critic for International Development Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.) issued a statement: “The humanitarian aid announced by the federal government this evening is gravely needed by those impacted by the devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon,” she said. “Going forward, the Lebanese people will require significant international support and Canada must be there to help. Beyond assisting with the … Read more

The Canadian Press reports a deal signed a month ago by the federal Liberals with Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives that cuts oilsands environmental monitoring. “The Liberals are blaming the pandemic for the reduction of monitoring, but the reality is they were not doing their job even before COVID hit,” said NDP Critic for Environment and Climate Change Laurel Collins … Read more

NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus (Timmins–James Bay, Ont.) is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) to waive cabinet confidentiality and let all of his cabinet ministers speak freely about his WE scandal. “There are still so many questions about how and why this decision was made and the obvious connections to the Prime Minister and … Read more

The NDP is calling out the federal Liberal government for claiming to be a ‘climate leader’ while failing to subject the expansion of the coal mine to an environmental impact assessment. “[Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.)] must stop avoiding his responsibility and submit the expansion project to a federal assessment,” said NDP Environment Critic … Read more

NDP Justice critic Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, B.C.) filed a motion requesting that a special parliamentary committee review existing laws that make working conditions more dangerous for sex workers. “We need a harm reduction and human rights strategy that empowers sex workers to take all measures necessary to ensure health and safety in their work,” said Garrison. “This review … Read more

NDP Critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, B.C.) issued a statement: “The Federal Court decision [on July 22] is an important and significant victory for the rights of asylum seekers,” she said. “Contrary to what Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) has said in the past, this proves that refugees are not simply … Read more

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) is calling on the Liberal government to invest the required $2.5 billion this year to finally build towards a universal child care and early learning system so that parents who want to go back to work, can go back to work. “Women’s participation in the workforce is at its … Read more