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Persons Living with Disabilities Commission Meeting

Sunday June 28th 2:00pm - 3:00pm (Eastern time) This meeting is online. Please RSVP to receive the zoom link. Thanks for taking the time to be a part of our work on the issues that matter to people!
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NDP Parliamentary Leader Don Davies introduces bill to close anti-scab loophole

OTTAWA — NDP Parliamentary Leader Don Davies today introduced legislation to close a loophole in the Canada Labour Code that allows employers to use outside managers as replacement workers during ...
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NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic Condemns Backpedaling on First Nations’ Rights in Liberal Water Bill

OTTAWA — NDP Indigenous Affairs critic Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) is calling out the Liberal government for not acknowledging the right to clean and safe drinking water as a human right in Bill C-37 ...
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Statement by Heather McPherson, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, on Canada’s failure to sanction Streit Group

“Today, we learned in the Globe and Mail that Guerman Goutorov, the Russian-born Canadian citizen who is head of Streit Group, has been sanctioned by the European Union for allegedly helping Russia in ...
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NDP MP Heather McPherson reacts to the introduction of for-profit health care in Alberta

Following the announcement that the Alberta government is introducing for-profit health care, NDP MP for Edmonton–Strathcona, Heather McPherson, issued this statement: “I am disturbed by today’s ...
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NDP Leader Avi Lewis, Indigenous Affairs Critic Leah Gazan Join Grassy Narrows Calling for PM’s Apology and Clean Water Rights

OTTAWA – Today, NDP leader Avi Lewis and Indigenous Affairs critic Leah Gazan joined members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation on the Hill, to demand an apology from Prime Minister Carney and call ...
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NDP reaction to the National Food Security Strategy

“The announcement of a National Food Security Strategy is a long-overdue acknowledgment from the federal government that too many Canadians are struggling to afford the food they need. We welcome ...
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NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic Calls on Minister and House Committee to Pass S-2 Before Summer Adjournment

OTTAWA — NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) is demanding the swift passage of Bill S-2, voicing this call in Question Period to the Liberal cabinet and in a letter to the House ...
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NDP reaction to federal gutting of pesticide rules

Following the passage of Bill C-30, which included provisions to weaken Canada’s pesticide regulations, NDP MP Gord Johns, Critic for Health and Agriculture, issued the following statement: “Today, ...
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NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic, Senator and First Nations Advocates call for Immediate Elimination of Second-Generation Cutoff through Bill S-2

OTTAWA— NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic Leah Gazan joined Senator PJ Prosper and BC-based Justice for Girls Vice President Zoe Craig-Sparrow at a press conference Thursday demanding the Liberal ...
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NDP reaction to introduction of two-tier health care in Alberta

In reaction to the news that the Alberta government has introduced two-tier, for-profit health care, NDP Health Critic Gord Johns issued the following statement: “Today, Danielle Smith’s provincial ...
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Johns: Senate wildfire report reinforces longstanding NDP calls for a permanent national aerial firefighting fleet and comprehensive wildfire strategy

OTTAWA — NDP MP Gord Johns says a new Senate committee report on Canada’s wildfire crisis reinforces recommendations New Democrats have been advancing for years to strengthen Canada’s wildfire ...