The Alberta NDP wants COVID-19 immunization clinics in schools when classes resume this fall to ensure more students get their second dose of vaccine as soon as possible.
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SLOBODIAN: Gay Alberta NDP MLA openly mocks believers of God
Edmonton NDP MLA Janis Irwin mocked Jesus and the Bible, used bully tactics, interfered with a citizen’s right to free speech, and encouraged vigilantism against a street preacher.
And she sported a huge grin during a stunning display of reprehensibly rabid intolerance on Friday.
NDP calls on Ottawa to recognize residential schools as genocide
New Democrats are calling on the federal government to recognize what happened at residential schools as genocide.
In a motion to be tabled in the House of Commons tomorrow [Thursday], NDP MP Leah Gazan is asking fellow lawmakers to unanimously deem the institutions’ history as the deliberate, systemic destruction of a cultural group.
Notley announces plans to move Alberta’s electricity grid to net-zero by 2035 if elected
Ahead of the NDP’s weekend convention, Alberta’s Opposition leader has committed to transforming the province’s energy sector and moving the province’s electricity grid to net-zero by 2035 should an orange crush wash over Alberta in the next election.
NDP seeks emergency debate following discovery of children’s remains at Kamloops residential school
In a letter to the Speaker on Monday, Singh said questions need to be asked about the Kamloops residential school and other schools, and immediate concrete measures need to be taken.
“This discovery of these children last week is a sad reminder of Canada’s genocidal actions against Indigenous peoples,” Singh wrote to the Speaker of the House in a letter on Monday.
🚨BREAKING NEWS: Jagmeet Singh breaks down and gets emotional on National TV today
*Thoughts?#FirstNations #ResidentialSchool pic.twitter.com/LHiZ6j3gAe
— 🍁🇨🇦CanAditude🇨🇦🍁 (@CanAditude) May 31, 2021
NDP team up with Liberals
Federal New Democrats are ensuring the survival of a key piece of Liberal legislation aimed at keeping Canada accountable to its target of achieving net-zero carbon-related emissions by mid-century.
Parliamentarians are currently discussing Bill C-12 at a committee voting on a series of changes to the proposed climate law tabled late last year.
If passed, it would see Canada set rolling five-year targets to slash emissions of heat-trapping, climate-change-causing greenhouse gases, stopping in 2050.
Oh God Not Him: Avi Lewis to run for federal NDP seat in B.C. riding
OTTAWA — Canadian documentary filmmaker and climate activist Avi Lewis announced Monday that he will run as a federal candidate in the B.C. riding of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country.
His run for the New Democratic Party will mark the third generation of Lewis’ to have entered politics. His grandfather David led the same party federally, and his father Stephen led the NDP at the provincial level in Ontario.
A classic – Avi ripped apart by Hirsi Ali
Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region
At a news conference today and again during question period, Singh says Canada must apply pressure to ratchet down the spiralling conflict in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank and to prevent more arms from being used in clashes he says breach international law.
Singh’s anti-lockdown extremism accusations “despicable”: Bernier
People’s Party of Canada (PPC) Leader Maxime Bernier accused NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi of attempting to silence opposition to lockdowns after the two claimed anti-lockdown protests were tied to far-right extremism.
‘Maxime Bernier is not welcome here’: Sask. NDP blast federal party leader for scheduled appearance at rally
“Maxime Bernier and his rhetoric are not welcome here and the Sask Party should do the same thing and tell him he is not welcome here,” NDP justice critic Nicole Sarauer said following Friday’s Question Period. “This is the last thing we need in this province.”
NDP rolls out $14-billion housing plan
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pledging a 20 per cent foreign home buyers’ tax and a $14-billion housing plan. The election campaign-style promise, which Singh says would foster 500,000 homes in four years, aims to drive down home and rental costs and create more supply amid a white-hot real estate market.
NDP puts universal basic income back on the agenda
With a smattering of nays from the floor of the House of Commons, the federal NDP’s latest effort to pressure the Liberal government to implement a guaranteed livable basic income was defeated.
But while the non-binding motion required unanimous approval, meaning it never stood a reasonable chance of proceeding, the push to build a financial safety net for all is unlikely to dissipate as Canada wrestles with a devastating third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada: J-Space Supports NDP Party’s BDS Resolution to Actively Campaign Against ‘Illegal Settlements’
J-Space is known as a “respectable,” “Progressive” Jewish voice in Canada. It is more or less the counterpart to J-Street in America. Several days ago, the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Canada passed an anti-Israel, BDS-supporting Resolution, 04-10-20 (Justice and Peace in Israel-Palestine), at its 2021 Convention. J-Space supported it.
SMOL: Abolish Canada’s armed forces? No, NDP needs to grow up
At this weekend’s convention my fellow social democrats in the NDP will be faced with a resolution to abolish the Canadian Armed Forces.
That’s right, resolution 04-42-20 states “BE IT RESOLVED THAT an NDP government will commit to phasing out the Canadian Armed Forces.”
NDP so crazy!
Who wants to abolish billionaires? A look at the federal NDP’s convention resolutions
Federal NDP convention delegates are sifting through more than 500 resolutions over the long weekend to decide how to chart the party’s path forward.
Delegates will have 24 hours to prioritize the resolutions on April 6 — just three days before the virtual convention kicks off.