Singh to scrap GST on home heating, grocery meals, internet and mobile bills, diapers, kids’ clothes 

2SLGBTQIA+ critic Randall Garrison and deputy critic Blake Desjarlais made the following statement:

OTTAWA—NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh released the following statement in response to Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government overriding union rights to force binding arbitration on workers at British Columbia and Montreal ports:

Canada’s NDP leader Jagmeet Singh made the following statement:

NDP Veterans Affairs critic Rachel Blaney and NDP Indigenous Services, Northern Affairs, and Crown-Indigenous Relations critic Lori Idlout made the following joint statement:

NDP Climate Change and Environment critic Laurel Collins reacted to today’s Environment Commissioner Report:

OTTAWA—On Thursday, the NDP called for the end of preferential tax treatment for wealthy corporate landlords rent-gouging Canadians. NDP critic for Tax Fairness Niki Ashton and NDP critic for Housing Alexandre Boulerice made that call joined by Canadians for Tax Fairness and ACORN. A report issued earlier this fall by Canadians for Tax Fairness revealed how Liberal and Conservative governments have turned housing into cash cows for corporate investors—benefiting from a tax...

OTTAWA—On Thursday, the NDP called for the abolishment of closed work permits that have allowed employers to trap, abuse, underpay, and exploit migrant workers in Canada.  

OTTAWA – On Tuesday, the first day of Veterans Week, NDP Veterans Affairs critic Rachel Blaney (North Island – Powell River) tabled a private members bill that would make sure all veterans who need a service animal can get one. Veterans face many barriers to getting a service dog, including high costs and uncertainty regarding their training—Blaney’s bill would lift those barriers and make national standards mandatory.