“We have learned during the pandemic that people and communities continue to be left behind. The CERB demonstrated that we do have the resources to lift people out of poverty, yet this government continues to invest in corporate welfare instead of taking bold measures to eradicate poverty and ensure human rights and dignity for all.” said Gazan “ It's time to go after off- shore tax havens, divest from the fossil fuel industry, and tax the ultra rich!”
Workers
Seniors
Students
Disabled persons
Migrant workers
Refugees
Small businesses
Eradicating the funding gap in Indigenous communities
Universal dental care
Universal pharmacare
Universal childcare
A wealth tax (Motion 43)
A permanent Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (Motion 46)
Climate Action (Bill C-232 Climate Emergency Action Act)
“As a newly elected Member of Parliament, I put forward Bill C-232 the Climate Emergency Action Act, which supports a clean, healthy, safe environment as a human right. COVID-19 has not halted the climate emergency but government actions have.”
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.