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Hill Times Jenny Kwan Op Ed: NDP keep fighting as new Liberal government’s honeymoon period comes to a close

To meet the eye-popping military spending commitment of five per cent of Canada’s GDP, there will be deep cuts to programs and services to Canadians.

Canadians elected new Liberal Leader Mark Carney as their prime minister to fight against American President Donald Trump. “Elbows Up” was the central message during the campaign, but the strategy Carney has taken so far has been to appease Trump. Counter-tariff measures are off the table. In the name of border security, government overreach that infringes our privacy and violates due process is being justified. Trump-like border and immigration measures are creeping in. Massive cuts to public services and programs are on the offer.

As Carney lay the tracks of his fiscal agenda, here’s what we have learned so far. Austerity is the name of the game, and to meet the eye-popping military spending commitment of five per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product, there will be deep cuts to programs and services to Canadians. Already, Carney has directed his ministers to cut operating spending of 7.5 per cent, 10 per cent, and 15 per cent to almost every other department over the next three years.

Asia Pacific Post: NDP TARGETS OTTAWA’S NEW STRIKEBREAKING TACTIC

NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she’s looking for a way to stop the federal government’s increasingly frequent intervention to end strikes.

In the last 14 months, the government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to try to end at least eight strikes in federally regulated industries.

The use of Section 107 has been controversial. A group of employers says it can be used to avoid economic catastrophe caused by prolonged labour stoppages.

But unions across Canada have spoken out against the increasing use, saying it violates workers’ Charter rights and increases employers’ power. Teamsters Canada is challenging Ottawa’s use of the legislation in court.

Now, Kwan says she’s hoping to pressure the government to stop using Section 107 to end strikes.

“What we’re seeing is a Liberal government abusing its power, in my view, in violation of the workers’ right to strike that’s prescribed in our Charter,” Kwan said. “How do you stop this from happening?”

Click link to read the news story - https://asianpacificpost.com/article/10398-ndp-targets-ottawa’s-new-strikebreaking-tactic.html

TheTyee: The NDP Targets Ottawa’s New Strikebreaking Tactic

NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she’s looking for a way to stop the federal government’s increasingly frequent intervention to end strikes.

In the last 14 months the government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to try to end at least eight strikes in federally regulated industries.

The use of Section 107 has been controversial. A group of employers says it can be used to avoid economic catastrophe caused by prolonged labour stoppages.

But unions across Canada have spoken out against the increasing use, saying it violates workers’ Charter rights and increases employers’ power. Teamsters Canada is challenging Ottawa’s use of the legislation in court.

Click link to read the news article - https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/04/NDP-Targets-Ottawa-Strikebreaking-Tactic/

 

CPAC Headline Politics: HEADLINE POLITICS Arms Exports: NDP MP Jenny Kwan Discusses Private Members’ Bill

At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, NDP MP Jenny Kwan outlines her private members’ bill aimed at closing loopholes in Canadian law related to arms exports.Joining her at this event are Michael Bueckert (Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East) and James Kafieh (Palestinian Canadian Congress) as well as lawyer James Yap. (September 4, 2025)

Click link to watch the Ottawa press conference - https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/arms-exports-ndp-mp-jenny-kwan-discusses-private-members-bill?id=5b99d697-c332-4a31-90bb-feab94562721

Canadian Press: Citing U.S. loophole, NDP pitches tighter arms controls on Israel

Kwan said Ottawa needs to be much more transparent about its arms exports generally, and apply the same scrutiny to exports made through the U.S. that it would for arms destined for any other country.

“Every bullet that leaves Canada and lands in the hands of human-rights abusers is a betrayal of international law, of our commitments (and) of Canadians who want no part in war crimes,” she said.

Kwan said the NDP still wants a full arms embargo on Israel and that her bill is meant “to advance what we can.”

Ottawa’s arms exports to Israel have sparked controversy in recent months. Advocacy groups and 32 senators argued recently that Canada’s restrictions on arms reaching Gaza are not stringent enough and risk making it complicit in war crimes.

The government maintains that it has kept to its commitments and is not afraid to suspend or prosecute companies who breach the rules.

Israel has pushed back on the existing restrictions and insists that it is following international law in its military campaign against Hamas, launched in response to the group’s deadly attack on Oct. 7, 2023.

Click link to read the news story - https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2025/09/04/ndp-pitches-tighter-arms-controls-citing-u-s-loophole-for-arms-exports-to-israel

Media Release: MP Jenny Kwan To Initiate Private Members Bill Calling for End to Canadian Arms Loophole

Today at the National Press Gallery in Ottawa, Jenny Kwan, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, was joined by civil society and human rights organizations announcing her intention to introduce a Private Member’s Bill in the upcoming Parliamentary session to finally close the loophole in Canada’s arms export laws. For years, Canadian governments have promised accountability, yet Canadian-made weapons, bullets, and military components continue to flow into the world’s bloodiest conflicts—often through the back door of the U.S., including for use by the Israeli government in Gaza and the West Bank.

NDP Media Release: The feds must protect renters from financial landlords now

“Building on a recent media article about a new study by Martine August and Cloe St-Hilaire from the University of Waterloo’s Planning Department, the research reveals that financial landlords — including real estate investment trusts (REITs), publicly traded property firms, and asset managers — file eviction applications at significantly higher rates than any other type of landlord. These corporate entities are evicting nearly 1 in 9 tenants each year, highlighting how legislative loopholes have contributed to a growing housing crisis.

Housing is a human right, not a luxury for investors to make quick profits. We cannot allow large financial firms, similar to the ones that Prime Minister Carney used to work for, to continue treating people’s homes as commodities to be bought and sold for maximum profit. The alarming rise in evictions is a direct consequence of the financialization of our housing market — and it’s time for that to end.

The Housing Minister, Gregor Robertson, must bring in legislation immediately that ensures:

• No more corporate takeovers: We must place a moratorium on the purchase of residential properties by big financial landlords. We can’t allow real estate companies to keep pushing working families and low-income Canadians out of their homes.
• Empower communities: We need to create a national acquisition fund to help non-profit organizations, housing co-ops, and community land trusts purchase rental buildings — so we can keep homes affordable for generations to come.
• Control rents: Bring back national vacancy control. No more speculators jacking up rent prices between tenants. Rent prices need to stay fair, stable, and predictable.

We need federal policies enacted immediately that protect renters across the country while new affordable housing is waiting to be built under Canada Homes.”

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CHCH News: More tenants upset with living conditions of Hamilton apartment building

Looking through the Lankin Investments website, the Pulis connection that ties it all together can be found and connected to the company’s founder and CEO Kyle Pulis.  According to his own bio, he successfully has over $2 billion in assets under his management.

CHCH News tried to reach out to the company to get a hold of him, but was told by one of its employees that it would be difficult.

And inquiries to the federal housing minister, would be answered by Monday.

“These financialized landlords, what are they in for?” says NDP Housing Critic Jenny Kwan.

They’re in it for making profits, they don’t care about their tenants and in fact, many of them, what they want to do is let the buildings run down and let the tenants out because once they force the tenants out, they can jack up their rents, because that’s how they increase their profit even greater,”

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https://www.chch.com/chch-news/more-tenants-upset-with-living-conditions-of-hamilton-apartment-building/