Jagmeet Singh

• NDP leader not saying if ‘fair’ carbon price includes levy on gasoline

  Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants to see a carbon pricing system that is more 'fair' for working-class Canadians, but would not say if that includes a fuel levy.

  Canada

  Apr 15
  
• Trudeau says he doesn’t ‘understand’ NDP position on carbon pricing

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the carbon price is dividing Canadians and there has to be a unified approach to addressing climate change.

  Canada

  Apr 12
  
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• Head of Manitoba Dental Association raises concerns about federal dental care plan

  The president of the Manitoba Dental Association believes the Canadian Dental Care Plan is great in theory, but that its design is flawed.

  Health

  Apr 5
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• Housing will be key in budget 2024. For NDP, that means renoviction reform

  Renoviction is the practice where tenants are served eviction notices and property owners renovate the building, often reposting the units at a higher price.

  Canada

  Mar 12
• Does Canada need a national school lunch program? The NDP ‘demand’ it

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says that he and his party "demand" that funding for a national school lunch program be included in the April 16 federal budget.

  Canada

  Mar 6
• Canada’s pharmacare bill has officially been introduced in Parliament

  The long-awaited pharmacare legislation is expected to be introduced Thursday, and the NDP says it contains a framework for a single-payer national program.

  Canada

  Feb 29
• Pharmacare legislation is a step closer to introduction

  Health Minister Mark Holland has put legislation for pharmacare on the House of Commons notice paper, clearing one of the final steps before introducing the bill.

  Canada

  Feb 28
• NDP’s Singh questions provinces mulling pharmacare opt-out

  Singh's comments came one day after Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange wrote in an email to Global News that the province would seek to opt-out of a national pharmacare plan.

  Canada

  Feb 26
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• NDP bill wants to bring grocery prices down. How will it work?

  Singh has made it a central tenet of his party's policy to take on big companies he believes are making record profits while ordinary people struggle to afford the basics. 

  Canada

  Feb 22
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• What’s driving New Democrats in the West away from Jagmeet Singh’s NDP

  An Alberta NDP leadership hopeful argues it should no longer be automatic that buying members in a provincial party makes you a member of the federal NDP.

  Canada

  Feb 17