July 21st, 2026 REAL UNIONS ANSWER TO WORKERS. FAKE UNIONS DON’T. Some unions don’t answer to workers. They answer to the employer.Bill C-259 – The Fair Representation Act gives workers their power back. Bill C-259 gives workers in federally regulated … Read More
July 16th, 2026 NDP Leader Avi Lewis shared the following statement in response to news that a senior Canadian official is attending the Trump summit targeting ‘left-wing extremism’: “Trump is fueling a new McCarthyism that is both delusional and dangerous. … Read More
July 14th, 2026 OTTAWA — NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic Leah Gazan joined First Nations Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly today, demanding the Liberal government rectify ongoing human rights violations in the recently tabled First … Read More
July 8th, 2026 EDMONTON, AB — This week, organizations that have long advocated for more private, market-based US-style health care praised Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “openness” to Danielle Smith’s efforts to expand private two-tier health care in Alberta. NDP MPs … Read More
July 7th, 2026 NDP Leader Avi Lewis issued the following statement: The federal government’s proposed “Defence, Security and Resilience Bank” sounds technocratic and reassuring. It’s not. This is an international war bank to be located in Canada. It will further … Read More
July 7th, 2026 NDP critic on Democratic Reform, Don Davies, issued the following reaction: The Senate is an archaic institution that violates the most basic principles of democratic government. The idea that a Prime Minister can appoint legislators, unaccountable to … Read More
July 2nd, 2026 NDP Leader Avi Lewis shared the following statement in response to the oil pipeline proposal from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: “Today’s announcement shows what this federal government will protect above all else: the profits of Big Oil. … Read More
June 25th, 2026 Ottawa — NDP Indigenous Affairs critic Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) has issued an open letter to Prime Minister Carney to demand his government obtain Indigenous consent before designating projects of “national interest.” Failure to do so, she … Read More
June 18th, 2026 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 announcement from the Government of Alberta to introduce American-style for-profit non-emergency … Read More
June 18th, 2026 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, the Liberal government decided to let corporate lobbyists write … Read More