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CERB Low-income Amnesty Campaign
I have joined community members in pushing the Federal government to implement a CERB low-income amnesty.
 
For most low-income people and seniors who are being targeted for CERB repayment, the reality is - they will not be able to repay.  If the federal government takes collection action against people living on fixed incomes, GIS and disability assistance and the like, it will be disastrous and will only drive people deeper into poverty. Anti-poverty organizations have stepped up advocacy with a coordinated campaign, to put public pressure on the federal government to take the policy suggestion seriously. 
 
I hope you will join in a campaign to call for a CERB repayment amnesty for low-income individuals/families by sending the attached letter to the federal government ministers.  
 
Jenny Kwan, MP

No Trans Mountain Expansion

Climate leaders don’t buy pipelines.

They don’t expand them.

They don’t triple bitumen exports.

The Trudeau government agreed to do all three.

Jenny Kwan and the NDP strongly oppose the purchase and expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

  • It disregards the right of Indigenous peoples to say no to any project affecting their lands, territories or other resources.
  • It increases greenhouse gas emissions, making it impossible to meet Canada’s global climate targets.
  • It means inevitable bitumen oil spills that put Canada’s environment, coastlines, waterways, and wildlife at risk.
  • It threatens thousands of good-quality jobs in Canada’s marine and tourism industry.
  • It requires massive public funds to build - over $15 billion- and employs only 60 new positions after completion.

Instead of spending billions of public dollars on fossil fuel infrastructure and subsidies, Canada should invest in clean, renewable energy sources that create good quality, long-lasting jobs for today's workers and the next generation.

 

Let’s Keep Fighting for Universal Pharmacare

The NDP tabled Private Member’s Bill C-213, An Act to Enact the Canada Pharmacare Act, in February. Bill C-213 was groundbreaking new federal legislation, modelled off the Canada Health Act, to establish a universal, single-payer, comprehensive and public pharmacare plan that would have delivered better healthcare and improved the health and lives of millions of Canadians. Unfortunately, most Liberal and Conservative MPs voted against this Bill.

 No doubt, the MPs’ vote has devastating effects on the hopes of millions of Canadians who are making impossible choices every day because they can't afford their prescription medication. A no vote, of course, also meant that MPs were rejecting:

  1. Public and universal Pharmacare being included under the Canada Health Act framework.
  2. The clear recommendations made by the Hoskins’ report to establish with provincial governments a universal, public Pharmacare program.
  3. The Liberal Party’s 2019 election promise to deliver universal Pharmacare.

Canada is falling behind, being the only high-income country that has a universal healthcare system, but does not include universal coverage of prescription drugs. The lack of coverage results in 1 in 5 Canadians being unable to afford the medication their doctors prescribe. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us all the gaps in our healthcare system. Millions of Canadians have lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. In a recent survey conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, nearly 9 in 10 Canadians support a national pharmacare plan like Bill C-213. It is clear, Canada’s healthcare system is falling behind. We need universal pharmacare to ensure that all Canadians can access the medication they need.

The NDP is going to keep fighting for universal pharmacare but, we need your help to keep up the pressure. You can help by signing our petition to support pharmacare.

 

Add your name to the petition and show your support!

 

The NDP is going to keep fighting for universal pharmacare but, we need your help to keep up the pressure. 

Canada is falling behind, being the only high-income country that has a universal healthcare system, but does not include universal coverage of prescription drugs. The lack of coverage results in 1 in 5 Canadians being unable to afford the medication their doctors prescribe. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us all the gaps in our healthcare system. Millions of Canadians have lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. In a recent survey conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, nearly 9 in 10 Canadians support a national pharmacare plan like Bill C-213. It is clear, Canada’s healthcare system is falling behind. We need universal pharmacare to ensure that all Canadians can access the medication they need.

 

 

 

 

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