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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 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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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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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 statement on the anniversary of the 1984 Sikh Genocide

Canada’s NDP Leader Avi Lewis made the following statement on the anniversary of the 1984 Golden Temple invasion: This month, New Democrats join Sikh communities in Canada and around the world in ...
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NDP Reaction to Liberal Government AI Strategy

NDP Leader Avi Lewis shared the following statement in response to the Carney government’s AI Strategy announcement today: The Liberal government might as well have called its AI strategy “All in for ...
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New Democrats React to New Tariff Threat on Forced Labour

NDP Critic for International Trade, Heather McPherson, made the following statement: “New Democrats have long supported stronger legislation on child labour, forced labour, modern slavery, and ...
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NDP MP Gord Johns tables bill to make mental health services accessible for all

OTTAWA – Today, MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni) introduced a bill that aims to bring mental health, addictions, and substance use services into Canada’s universal, public health care system. “Canada ...
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NDP Parliamentary Leader Don Davies introduces legislation to ban floor crossing without voter consent

OTTAWA — NDP Parliamentary Leader Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) today introduced Bill C-278, legislation to ban Members of Parliament from crossing the floor without the approval of their ...
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NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic Leah Gazan Calls on Liberal Government to Respect International Tribunal Ruling and End the Genocide Against Indigenous Peoples

OTTAWA – Following a ruling by the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal that the Government of Canada’s current policies constitute an ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg ...
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NDP Statement on Canada’s response to the Ebola Outbreak

MP Heather McPherson, NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs and International Development, and MP Gord Johns, NDP Critic for Health, made the following statement: "The growing Ebola outbreak is at risk of ...
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NDP announces appointment of Matthew Green as Interim National Director

OTTAWA — Today, the New Democratic Party of Canada announced the appointment of former MP Matthew Green as the party’s Interim National Director. “Matthew Green has spent his entire political life ...