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Privatization lobbyists celebrate Carney’s silence on Smith’s two-tier scheme

“In Canada, universal public health care is part of who we are,” said [Gord] Johns, the NDP Health Critic. “The Prime Minister cannot simply stand by while it is dismantled province by province.”

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NDP Reaction to West Coast Pipeline Announcement

Avi Lewis, NDP leader:

Today’s announcement shows what this federal government will protect above all else: the profits of Big Oil.

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NDP response to Prime Minister Carney’s Senate appointment

Don Davies, NDP critic on Democratic Reform:

Returning to the old autocratic practice of appointing political insiders and donors is not Senate “modernization”.

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Reaction from NDP Leader Avi Lewis to proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank

Avi Lewis, NDP Leader:

The federal government’s proposed “Defence, Security and Resilience Bank” sounds technocratic and reassuring. It’s not.