As the Speech from the Throne approaches, MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), is advocating for bold measures to expand Canada’s social safety net and address growing inequality and inequity.
“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.”
NDP MPs Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) and Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East) are standing alongside women’s organizations and migrant rights advocates calling on all Members of Parliament to reject the Liberals’ border and immigration legislation, Bill C-12, expected to be voted on at third reading this week.
On the anniversary of École Polytechnique, let this be the moment we choose action over sorrow. Truth over silence. Justice over delay. We owe it to all of them.
Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day to reaffirm the rights of persons with disabilities - rights that are outlined in the Charter, the Canadian Human Rights Act, and international treaties and conventions such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These constitutional rights are all too often violated or disregarded.