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5/ The message to Canadians is crystal clear: the C-suite asks, and Ottawa delivers. If you're a powerful corporation, you go to the front of the line. If you’re struggling to pay rent, feed your kids, or find a family doctor, you’re told to wait.  None of these giant changes make our country more secure, independent, or stable. None of them directly address the cost of living crisis. All of them promise corporate welfare for the billionaire class, and more hardship for the 99%.

4/ Prime Minister Carney is rushing Canada in the wrong direction. His government has flooded the zone with sweeping changes all at once, bulldozing public debate, Indigenous consultation, and environmental protection along the way.

3/ Yesterday’s release of the government’s so-called clean electricity strategy is a transparent attempt to distract from this latest capitulation to the fossil fuel industry – and it’s not even a ‘clean’ electricity strategy worthy of the name when it opens the door to more high-emission gas plants.

2/ Meanwhile, renewables met 100% of global demand growth for electricity last year. The rest of the world is racing ahead on clean energy, building the economy of the future. The Liberal government is taking us backwards, locking us into more pipelines, more fossil fuel dependence, and more handouts for some of the richest corporations on earth.  An industry expected to make $90 billion in profits this year alone does not need more gifts from the public.

1/ This announcement marks the Carney government’s official surrender to the oil and gas lobby.
 By gutting carbon pricing to the point of irrelevance, it has dismantled the last federal climate measure standing. We now have a federal government that no longer even pretends to rein in big corporate polluters. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

The NDP is the party of labour. We will always stand shoulder-to-shoulder with workers.

If this government truly wants to chart a path forward for our country, it must do so hand in hand with Canadian workers. From NDP Leader Avi Lewis's address to delegates at the Canadian Labour Congress convention.

It’s time to build affordable homes, a national network of public grocery stores, electric buses and an east-west clean energy grid. Not massive corporate AI data centres unleashed without any democratic debate. There's also no real data sovereignty in an AI ecosystem dominated by U.S. tech giants. Telus may be Canadian-owned, but it has already transferred 14 petabytes of Canadian data onto Google Cloud as part of its AI strategy. This is a technology that will bring sweeping changes at a scale and speed never seen before. Canadians deserve real oversight and a robust regulatory framework before we rush ahead. That’s why we’re calling for an immediate pause on the construction of any new AI data centres until strong federal guardrails are in place. We can’t sit back and let Big Tech billionaires decide our future for us. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

There’s nothing more Canadian than public health care, and nurses keep it running. But after years of cuts and privatization — leading to chronic understaffing, unsafe work hours, and burnout — too many nurses are doing this critical work without the support they need, or leaving the profession altogether. This #NationalNursingWeek, the NDP is calling on the federal government to retain and recruit nurses, by: mandating safe hours of work, incentivizing provinces to adopt safe staffing measures like nurse-patient ratios, and streamlining recognition of foreign credentials. Every day, nurses show up for Canadians, at the bedside and on the frontlines of the fight for public health care. It’s time for this government to do the same.

Only 2 days until Avi Lewis's Saskatchewan Tour kicks off! 🔗Don't miss your chance to join the action: ndp.ca/events

Saskatoon! @avilewis is coming your way next Saturday, May 16! Join him along with other special guests for an in-person event at 1pm. Then, head out for a canvass with Avi and other volunteers at 3pm, to talk to your neighbours about what matters to them and how the NDP will fight for them. Together, we're building our party's comeback. Join us! 🔗 RSVP now: ndp.ca/avi-lewis-in-s…

Doug Ford's move on Billy Bishop airport, combined with federal rule changes that make privatization easier, threatens local democracy and public control. Sign here if you agree: ndp.ca/stop-billy-bis… 2/4

New Democrats stand with Torontonians fighting to protect their waterfront and stop airport privatization. 1/4

After helping steer our party through one of the most challenging periods in its history, Lucy Watson is stepping down today as National Director. As Lucy moves on to a new chapter, so too does our party, following a leadership race that delivered a strong mandate for change from members. That renewal and rebuilding is already underway, in our national office and in communities and ridings across the country. I wish Lucy all the best in her future endeavours and offer my sincere appreciation for her contributions.

Canada Post is cutting door-to-door service across Canada by 2030. If you live in Winnipeg, join NDP Leader Avi Lewis, Winnipeg-Centre MP Leah Gazan, and MLA Tracy Schmidt for a town hall with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to talk about how these cuts will impact workers and our communities. It’s time to invest in Canada Post as the fundamental public service it is. Join us next Monday — doors open at 6:30 PM. Full town hall details here: cupwwpg.ca/townhall

Regina! Join Avi Lewis next Friday, May 15th for a day of organizing, conversation, and building the NDP comeback together. In the afternoon, join New Democrats across the city as we knock on doors and talk to people in our communities about their everyday needs — and how we build an economy that works for them, not just those at the top. Then in the evening, join us for a screening of The Take, Avi's award-winning documentary about workers taking ownership over their factory in Argentina, followed by conversation with local organizers and special guests. Together, we're building a true party for the 99%, with solutions as big as the crises we face. Join us. 🔗 RSVP now: ndp.ca/events

The Liberals wants to sell off Canada's ports & airports— strategic assets that will end up in the hands of foreign buyers. When the UK privatized Heathrow, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & China took major stakes. Will PM Carney protect our sovereignty — or sell it to the highest bidder?

New Democrats are standing shoulder to shoulder with workers from across Canada telling this Liberal government: Stop the attacks on workers’ right to strike, pass the @NDP Bill C-247 and repeal Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.

The NDP believes every Canadian deserves the medicine they need, regardless of the size of their bank account. Mark Carney said he would protect and expand pharmacare, but now he has abandoned that promise. Betraying that pledge is politically immoral and a democratic offence.