Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns and New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian have written a letter to Ottawa asking for “rent abatement programs” for small businesses. “It is not enough to appeal to the good-will of landlords to do the right thing," they wrote.
The competing demands of natural resource development, environmental protection and Indigenous reconciliation appear poised for a head-on crash — with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government caught in the middle as Parliament resumes on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, November 14, 2019, where he will lay out his priorities in the hopes of using his party's position in a minority Parliament to get policies and laws that reflect New Democrat platform commitments.
Chiefs who gathered in New Westminster, B.C., to commemorate an Indigenous leader's wrongful trial and execution 154 years ago say they see signs of reconciliation from the federal government but their struggle for recognition continues in the courts.
The federal New Democrats' fiscal plan for the fall election will be shaped by estimates of how much money Ottawa loses out on each year to international tax-avoidance schemes, the party's finance critic says.
Critics of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh say his performance in a weekend TV interview is a sign he may not be prepared for the challenges of the election year ahead.
The federal budget won't be balanced until at least 2040, the Finance Department said on Friday, December 21, 2018, providing fresh figures for parties looking to position themselves with voters as the best stewards of the public purse.
Federal New Democrat MPs closed ranks around embattled leader Jagmeet Singh on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, as they blamed a steep learning curve for many of the trials and tribulations that he has experienced since taking over the party last fall.
The Liberal government will introduce legislation on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, to expunge the criminal records of Canadians previously convicted of consensual sexual activity with same-sex partners.
NDP leadership candidate Jagmeet Singh is releasing a four-page climate change plan that includes taking a stand against the Kinder Morgan and Energy East pipelines.
Jagmeet Singh embarks May 15, 2017 on a bid to replace New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair - a quest that could make him the first non-Caucasian to head a major federal party.