New Democrats urge the Liberal government to act immediately on its promise and stop the spread of misinformation on abortion care that is harming women and gender diverse individuals.
Liberals must stop the spread of misinformation on abortion care
Liberals must push provinces to protect reproductive health care access
The Liberal government needs to step up and give provinces the means to protect and defend access to abortion and the reproductive health rights of women and gender diverse people.
Winnipeg Centre NDP MP Gazan supports new Mobile Overdose Prevention Site
A statement of support for Sunshine House's new Mobile Overdose Prevention Site.
24/7 Safe Space Community Letter
An open community letter emphasizing the urgent need for a 24/7 Safe Space in Winnipeg.
Liberals’ fail to protect Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people
NDP Critic for the Status of Women, Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) is asking why the Liberal government didn’t allocate new funding in last week’s budget to implement the 231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
News Release from MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate: Parliamentarians Call for GLBI to address the rise of extremism
WINNIPEG & OTTAWA, FEBRUARY 28, 2022 – Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate are urging the Parliamentary Review Committee into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to include consideration of the potential of a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI) as a vital step to address the growing feelings of disenfranchisement and resulting radicalization and attraction of those struggling to extremist movements.
Statement on the 31st Annual February 14 Women’s Memorial March
February 14 marks the annual memorial march in honour of the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls & 2SLGBTQQIA. It is also a day to lift grassroots efforts, including the voices of survivors of violence, communities and family members who have lost loved ones to this ongoing genocide.
Joint Open Letter re. Convoy Occupation in Downtown Winnipeg
The following joint letter was sent to Hon. Marco Mendicino, Mayor Brian Bowman, Hon. Heather Stefanson, Hon. Kelvin Goertzen, and the City of Winnipeg’s Executive Policy Committee.
On behalf of residents in the downtown Winnipeg and St. James neighbourhoods, we are compelled to speak out regarding new and disturbing reports about the occupation in our city.
OPEN LETTER: MP Gazan, MLA Asagwara, Councillor Rollins re. Convoy in Downtown Winnipeg
As elected representatives for downtown Winnipeg, we have a responsibility to ensure that residents can live in their communities with the protections afforded to them under the law including Neighbourhood Livability By-laws (1/2008).