Jagmeet Singh's letter to Canadians
Fellow Canadians, The Canadian dream is a good job that gets you a home and a fridge full of groceries with enough left over to save for vacations. A country where health care is...
Reflecting on the Challenges and Accomplishments of 2024
The holiday season is upon us. It’s a time of the year where most of us take some time to reach out and celebrate with family, friends, and neighbors. It’s also a time to remind...
MP Barron pushed government to deliver millions in funding for Vancouver Island food bank, Loaves and Fishes
On Monday, NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) succeeded in pushing the Liberal government to include millions in funding for Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank in the Fall Economic...
NDP says budget update fails people
NDP Finance critic Don Davies issued the following statement in response to the Fall Economic Statement: “Budgets reveal who you’re really working for, and what your values are....
Liberals Once Again, Have Let Postal Workers Down
Mr. Speaker, I have heard that Liberals are a shiver looking for a spine to crawl up. We are seeing this play out in real time as they have let postal workers and in fact all workers down. At this...
Canada’s Mental Health Crisis
With one in five Canadians experiencing a mental health issue each year, the state of mental health in our country is nothing short of alarming. It’s time to stop treating mental health as a...
Singh: while Trudeau fights his cabinet, we need a government to fight for Canadians
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh released the following statement in response to the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: “The withering resignation of...
Liberals and Conservatives vote against NDP motion that would help BC families
OTTAWA – On Monday, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives teamed up to vote against the NDP motion to make the 2-month GST holiday permanent....
NDP stands with Canada Post workers
NDP labour critic Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre) made the following reaction: "All of this is a mess and Trudeau made this mess. He’s been sending a message to employers for...
MP Mathyssen Calls Out Conservatives Voting Against Affordability Measures for Canadians
Madam Speaker, throughout his speech, the member talked about affordability, absolutely, and wanting to ensure that people who have been dealing with the increase in grocery prices and...
NDP pushing for Canadians’ right to affordable housing to come before CEOs’ profits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2024 OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP Infrastructure and Communities critic Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody-Coquitlam) tabled a bill that would put people before...
NDP pushing for Canadians’ right to affordable housing to come before CEOs’ profits
On Wednesday, NDP Infrastructure and Communities critic Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody-Coquitlam) tabled a bill that would put people before corporations by guaranteeing the right to adequate and...
In-The-Pockets-Of-Billionaires Conservative Party Has No Plan to Deal With Poverty
Mr. Speaker, in response to the Conservatives continuing to talk about the drug epidemic, which is an epidemic, absolutely, there is, seemingly, no conversation as to its connection to poverty. The...
NDP Statement for International Human Rights Day 2024
NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) made the following statement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2024 "Today, on International Human Rights Day, New...
NDP statement on the fall of the Assad regime
NDP foreign affairs critic MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) made the following statement: "Beautiful to witness the joy and celebration of Syrians at the fall of Assad’s...
NDP MP Barron slams Liberal back-to-work attacks on Nanaimo port workers
NANAIMO – NDP MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith Lisa Marie Barron made the following statement in response to the Liberal government overriding union rights to force binding arbitration on...
MP Barron calls for funding to support Loaves and Fishes Food Bank expansion
On Monday, after more than a year of advocacy, NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) once again urged the federal government to support the Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank warehouse...
NDP Statement for International Human Rights Day 2024
NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) made the following statement: "Today, on International Human Rights Day, New Democrats reaffirm our unwavering...
NDP MPs say it’s cruel that the Conservatives would block tax relief for BC’s working-class
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2024 OTTAWA — NDP MPs for Port Moody-Coquitlam, Bonita Zarrillo, and for New Westminster-Burnaby, Peter Julian, say that Pierre Poilievre and the...
Conservatives, Liberals vote to collect taxes on essentials like heating bills, kids’ clothes
OTTAWA—Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and Justin Trudeau’s Liberals voted Monday to tax essentials once the two-month GST holiday is over – keeping prices higher on home...