At the House government operations committee meeting on June 9, NDP MP Niki Ashton (Churchill–Keewatinook Aski, Man.) asked Minister of Public Services and Procurement Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.) about a conflict of interest controversy that resulted in unrequested tents arriving at Manitoba’s Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in May. Anand said members of the COVID-19 Supply Council had to fill out … Read more
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) has indicated his party will not be supporting the Liberals’ proposed bill as it is unacceptable in its current form. “The government must extend the CERB so families can continue to get help for as long as they need it,” he said. “With this bill, the government has refused to help … Read more
Six years ago on June 5, the NDP Critic for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, B.C.) first moved a motion to end the discriminatory blood ban on gay men and trans women. On this anniversary, Garrison has again filed a motion to stop the ban which limits much-needed blood donations and … Read more
NDP critic for Women and Gender Equality Lindsay Mathyssen (London- Fanshawe, Ont.) issued a statement: “A ruling in the Ontario Appeals Court on Wednesday sets back years of progress made by women and girls in their fight for justice. The decision sends an incredibly dangerous message that men can avoid accountability for their acts of violence against … Read more
NDP Finance Critic Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) renewed his call for the federal government to use its powers to make the banks waive interest, penalties, and fees on loan deferrals and to stop charging interest on credit cards and lines of credit. “So far, in the first quarter of the year, Canada’s major banks made more than … Read more
On June 1, New Democrats learned that while the Prime Minister was telling Canadians that it wasn’t his responsibility to help fix the devastation seen in long-term care centres throughout the country, his government was meeting with lobbyists representing the companies that profit off these centres and our seniors. The federal government met with Chartwell … Read more
During an online town hall on May 27 hosted by the NDP’s Building for Better task force to plan for the recovery, a panel of health experts and NDP MPs discussed how the pandemic is exposing the weaknesses in our current system. “We need to stop using jurisdiction as an excuse to not have national … Read more
In the House of Commons on May 26, NDP Labour Critic Scott Duvall (Hamilton Mountain, Ont.) called on the federal government to stop blocking workers’ access to Supplemental Unemployment Benefits. “These are insurance policies people have worked hard to earn and the government won’t even say why they’re blocking them,” said Duvall. SUBs are plans negotiated by workers … Read more
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) has secured two weeks of paid sick leave for every worker in Canada by pushing the federal government to act. For the last few weeks, Singh and New Democrat MPs have been calling for the federal government to make sure all workers have access to two weeks of paid … Read more
NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) calling on the federal government to ban third parties from collecting fees for assistance with Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) applications. Davies’ request comes in response to a scam that has targeted at least 77 seniors in Vancouver, along with reports that tax … Read more
