October 10th, 2025 OTTAWA – This week, to mark World Mental Health Day, MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni) introduced a motion calling for the federal government to develop a national strategy to address the immediate and lasting mental health impacts of … Read More
October 9th, 2025OTTAWA – On Thursday, NDP Leader Don Davies announced that MPs Gord Johns (Courtenay Alberni) and Lori Idlout (Nunavut) exchanged critic files. MP Johns becomes the new NDP critic for Heritage, while MP Idlout adds Defense to her … Read More
October 7th, 2025TORONTO— Today, NDP Leader Don Davies and Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan stood with workers and union leaders to demand real action from the government, highlighting the introduction of Bill C-247, critical legislation that would finally strip Section … Read More
October 7th, 2025NDP MP and Foreign Affairs Critic Alexandre Boulerice issued the following statement: For two years, Canadians have grieved the horrific Hamas attack of October 7th 2023 and the horrors perpetrated on the people of Gaza by Israel every … Read More
October 1st, 2025OTTAWA – On Wednesday, NDP Leader Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) made clear his intention to propose an emergency debate in Parliament to protect Canada Post and Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) workers. Davies described how the heavy-handed … Read More
September 30th, 2025“Today we reflect on Canada’s painful history with Indigenous people. We acknowledge the residential school system was a genocide designed to wipe out First Nations, Inuit, and Métis cultures, languages, families and heritage. On this National Day for … Read More
September 29th, 2025On Monday, NDP Leader Don Davies announced further critic roles for the NDP caucus this fall. “Serious issues are facing Canadians and our country. New Democrats remain focused on ensuring this government invests in workers in a time … Read More
September 27th, 2025 Edmonton – For many years, New Democrats have called for legislation to amend the military justice system and address sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. These were crucial recommendations from Justice Louise Arbour’s Independent External Comprehensive … Read More
September 24th, 2025OTTAWA— On September 23 in the House of Commons, Gord Johns, Member of Parliament for Courtenay–Alberni, rose in Question Period and called on the federal government to urgently invest in a permanent, sovereign aerial firefighting fleet to protect … Read More
September 19th, 2025 OTTAWA— NDP MP Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East) today tabled a Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons to close loopholes in Canada’s arms export laws that allow Canadian-made weapons and components to end up in the … Read More