NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality, Families, Children and Social Development, and Deputy Critic for Housing MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) made the following statement in reaction to Fredericton abortion clinic, Clinic 554, announcing its closure:
“All women and gender-diverse people, no matter where they live in Canada, have a right to access safe, trauma-informed abortion care..."
WINNIPEG — NDP Critic for Families, Children and Social Development and Women and Gender Equality Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) along with the NDP supports the call from the National Association of Women and the Law and over 250 other feminist organizations in Canada for legal reform to ban accusations of parental alienation from an abusive parent.
I am so excited to announce our first Winnipeg Centre Cute Pets Calendar contest!
People living in Winnipeg Centre are encouraged to submit a photo of their favourite dog, cat, or other pet for a chance to be featured in Leah Gazan’s 2024 constituency calendar mailed out to all households in the riding!
Keep reading for submission deadline and rules.
Leah Gazan, the MP for Winnipeg Centre, released the following statement:
"The dumping of debris on a mural honouring MMIWG2S+ is a vile act of racism that shows how the lives of Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people are constantly devalued. I stand in solidarity with the families who are still grieving their lost loved ones in the face of this disgusting display of hate.
I am writing to express serious concern about this year’s Canada Summer Jobs funding allocation for Winnipeg Centre, which, including our authorized overcommitment, totals just $790,156, a significant decrease from the $1,308,732 budget in 2022, and $1,385,195 in 2021.
On March 28, 2023, MP Gazan called on the Hon. Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to protect and uphold the right to travel for refugees and former refugees.
OTTAWA – Manitoban NDP MPs Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski), Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona) and Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) released the following statement in support of PSAC workers on strike for a fair deal:
WINNIPEG — On Thursday, NDP Critic for Children, Families and Social Development Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) urged the Liberal government to take immediate action to solve the child-care workforce crisis.
In many parts of the country, parents can't go back to work because they simply can't find a child-care space for their little one. Gazan says the Liberals' failure to ensure livable wages and the adequate working conditions that child-care workers deserve is the biggest threat to the success of a national affordable $10-a-day child-care system.
WINNIPEG — On Wednesday, NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality, Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) urged the Liberal government to create a Red Dress Alert program to urgently notify the public when Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit person goes missing.
OTTAWA—Today, NDP critic for Women and Gender Equality Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) released the following statement in response to news that the Liberal government has spent only 5 per cent of a $724.1 million fund to address violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people: