NDP MP

• NDP denied emergency debate request over Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause

  The notwithstanding clause gives governments the ability to pass a law overriding parts of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for a five year term.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2022
  
• Alberta New Democrat MP tables bill, wants federal assessment of coal projects

  Heather McPherson says her private member's bill would remove a threshold on size that new mines must now cross before they are federally reviewed.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2021
  
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• South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings to run again in next federal election

  Cannings filed his official paperwork with the party last month and was nominated during an online meeting on Jan. 24.

  Politics

  Jan 26, 2021
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• NDP part ways with Dartmouth-Cole Harbour candidate over ‘recently surfaced tweets’

  In a statement, NDP spokesperson Melissa Bruno said the party deemed the language used in the tweets “unacceptable.”

  Politics

  Jun 20, 2019
• High-profile Indigenous leader plans federal NDP run on Vancouver Island

  Nanaimo-Ladysmith is currently vacant after former NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson resigned to run for in a provincial byelection.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2019
• Former MP Paul Dewar says his brain cancer is terminal

  Paul Dewar announced in February that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour but did not give details of his prognosis.

  Politics

  Jun 12, 2018
• Kennedy Stewart to run for Vancouver mayor, will resign as MP

  The Burnaby MP Kennedy Stewart is quitting federal politics and throwing his hat in the municipal ring.

  Politics

  May 10, 2018
• Sask. MP’s bill to make National Indigenous Peoples Day a holiday moves forward

  Georgina Jolibois’ bill proposes making June 21 - which is National Indigenous Peoples Day - a statutory holiday.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2017
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• Chaos erupts on Hill: Trudeau apologizes for physical contact with Opposition MPs

  Opposition MPs claim Justin Trudeau 'manhanded the Conservative whip and elbowed NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau on the floor of the House of Commons.

  Canada

  May 18, 2016