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Statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

A third of women in Canada report experiencing sexual assault at least once. We know this is a low-estimate and that Disabled women, Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, trans and non-binary people, and women who are unhoused experience even greater rates of violence. The normalization of these human rights abuses is all too common in Canada, from the state police violence perpetrated against Indigenous Elders and Matriarchs protecting their territories to Disabled women being legislated into poverty. Gender-based violence is preventable, there simply must be the political will to do so.

NDP urges Liberal government to stop cutting the help for Families

OTTAWA – Today, following new information from Statistics Canada that the cost of essentials like food, housing and gasoline are rising, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the Trudeau government to stop clawing back support from Canadians who need help. Last week, Singh asked that the 80,000 low-income seniors who were cut off the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) for receiving pandemic supports continue to get the help they need. Singh is also calling on the Liberal government to help the low-income families who have had the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) they count on taken away from them. 

Statement on the 50th Anniversary of Helen Betty Osborne’s death

NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equity Leah Gazan and NDP Critic for Crown Indigenous Relations Lori Idlout made the following statement on the 50th Anniversary of Helen Betty Osborne’s death:

LETTER: Seniors in Winnipeg Centre Being Cut-Off Critical Supports

Dear Minister Khera,

Congratulations on your recent appointment as Minister of Seniors. I look forward to working positively with you in order to advance the human rights of seniors in this country.

Gazan to be NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality and Children, Families and Social Development, Deputy Critic for Housing

Ottawa—NDP MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) has been named Critic for Women and Gender Equality, and Children, Families and Social Development. She has also been given the role as Deputy Critic for Housing. 

Manitoba NDP MPs call on Liberals to reverse cuts to help for people

NDP MPs in Manitoba, Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), Niki Ashton (Churchill-Keewatinook Aski) and Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood-Transcona) are calling on Justin Trudeau to get back to work before November 22 and to reverse his decision to take away help for Canadians to get through the pandemic in the middle of the fourth wave. 

LETTER: The Prime Minister must stop misleading the public and turn over all residential school records

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,

It was with great consternation and disappointment that reports were released about you, once again, misleading Canadians regarding your government’s failure to turn over all residential school records to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The NCTR has, in fact, been calling on your government to provide the final versions of school documents, hospital records, federal health records, and day school records but has only been met with inaction.

Manitoba NDP MPs and Advocates call on Federal Government to reverse cuts to Income Supports for Seniors

WINNIPEG  – NDP MPs Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), Daniel Blaikie  (Elmwood –Transcona), Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) and community advocates are calling on the newly elected Liberal government to reverse cuts to low-income senior’s payments through the Guaranteed Income Supplements (GIS) for accessing emergency supports during the pandemic.

Gazan Statement on Child Care Announcement

Today’s announcement of the childcare funding agreement signed between the federal government and the Province of Manitoba is the result of decades of advocacy by childcare care advocates who tirelessly fought for families, caregivers, children, and early childhood educators for the last 28 years. 

The Liberals cut help to seniors, leaving them unable to get by

Many seniors in Canada have been shocked to learn their Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) has been partially or completely cut after receiving CERB or CRB. Seniors, who have been incredibly hard hit by this pandemic are now struggling to pay their bills and put food on the table because of this undisclosed rule by the Liberal government. New Democrats are fighting to make sure seniors get the supports they need.