“It’s time for Canada to respect a clean, safe and healthy environment as a human right,” said Gazan. “We need a just transition into a green economy that brings workers along. This needs to happen by respecting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a framework.”
Bill C-232 calls on the government to take all measures necessary to support green alternatives. The NDP has been pushing for moving away from fossil fuel subsidies and invest instead into a green economy that brings workers along.
“We need a bold climate action plan that will allow us in meeting climate targets by 2030,” said Gazan. “This is what the government agreed to in the Paris Agreement in 2016. We must honour and respect agreements made with the international community and do our part to fight against the climate emergency.”
MANITOBA—On Monday, MPs Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) and Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) demanded that the federal government take action to end child poverty, citing rising rates in the recently released Manitoba Child and Family Poverty Report Card. Gazan and Ashton are calling on the government to implement a national school lunch program and a framework for a guaranteed, livable basic income (GLBI).
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan, the NDP’s critic for Women and Gender Equality, is reiterating Jagmeet Singh’s call on the Trudeau Liberals to cover contraception costs as part of the party’s push for a universal pharmacare framework.
“Contraceptives are an essential part of reproductive health for women and gender diverse people,” said Gazan.