Dear Constituents,
The months since the Fall 2025 budget have confirmed a hard truth: Mark Carney is governing less like a Liberal and more like a centralizing conservative. He might have been a goalie while playing university hockey, but his policies place him squarely on the right wing.
The warning signs were already visible in the budget itself—public service cuts, reduced immigration targets, and a growing emphasis on “sovereignty” spending, including defence. The NDP immediately flagged it as an austerity-leaning framework at a time when Canadians were struggling with affordability, unemployment, and rising costs. Since then, that direction has only hardened.
This government has overridden labour action by forcing striking workers back on the job, drawing fierce backlash from unions. It has pursued internal trade and so-called “nation-building” legislation with Conservative support while sidelining Indigenous rights and concerns. It has cut or constrained programs in science, foreign aid, community support, and public services—all while expanding military commitments and giving big corporations significant tax incentives as they continue to rake in record-high profits. Avi Lewis and the NDP have put surveillance pricing on the public agenda while companies like Instacart have been aggressively lobbying the government on the issue. I will bring a Private Member’s Bill forward in the Fall sitting of the House to stop surveillance pricing before it takes root in Canada.
With the tabling of the Spring Economic Statement, it is clear that Carney’s Liberals are not delivering progressive governance. It is a consolidation of power, decision-making, and priorities that tilt toward markets, megaprojects, and militarization over people.
From an NDP lens, what’s emerged is a government that campaigns in the language of stability but governs through centralization and cuts. It is a government that asks working people to tighten their belts while opening the fiscal floodgates for defence and corporate-led growth.
That’s not balance. It’s a political choice—and one that looks increasingly conservative by the day.
Despite the fact that the Carney government was elected as a minority government by Canadian, through backdoor dealings, they have now cobbled together a majority government with five floor crossers. The NDP has a long-standing policy that the will of the people must be respected in a democracy.
As such, any floor crossers must resign and seek the support of their
constituents through a by-election under their new party affiliation. Sadly this did not occur with five MPs. What this means in practice is that the Carney government is wielding the hammer and just ramming bills through the House of Commons with closure of debate. This is not democracy. To safeguard the democratic principle of respecting the will of the voters, I
seconded my colleague MP Don Davies’ Private Members Bill to deem floor crossers to have vacated their seat and cases to be a MP. This would have ensure that the will of the voter will also be respected.
Jenny
