Achieving equality for women

We need a renewed commitment to achieve true equality for women in Canada. The NDP believes that women’s equality is fundamental to this country and is committed to achieving it in every walk of life – from the make-up of the House of Commons, to pay equity, to childcare. Nearly 90 years ago women got […]

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Better Health Care for Northeners

What does it take before the Federal government recognizes the health care needs of the North! We are faced with a huge incidence of diabetes, high suicide and accident rates, high rates of heart disease and cancer and the growing threat of AIDS. Many people are having a hard time finding a doctor. In the […]

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Improving Northern transportation

Transportation is one of the critical challenges facing Northern Manitoba. We need to do nothing less than aim to extend road or rail access to every Northern Manitoba community and to upgrade our airport. It is hard to believe that in the year 2008 more than 35 communities do not have all weather road access. […]

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Fairness for Aboriginal People

Federal Liberal and Conservative governments have ignored Aboriginal concerns. This is particularly true here in Northern Manitoba. The Liberals ignored the health, education, housing and social needs of Aboriginal people when they were in power. They never brought in an apology for residential school survivors. The Conservatives have ripped up the Kelowna Accord and failed […]

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Economic security for working families

Federal Liberal and Conservative governments have ignored working families. Unfortunately, Conservative and Liberal governments keep putting the well-connected first in line, leaving working families with less security and less opportunity. Look at the evidence: After 12 years of Liberal broken promises on child care, we still don’t have a national child care policy. After years […]

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Dignity and security for seniors

Our seniors in Northern Manitoba deserve the best care we can get them and financial security in their retirement years. But after 13 years of Liberal neglect, the Conservative government is offering up more of the same—more neglect and more insecurity after a lifetime of building this country. It’s been 40 years since the last […]

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Confronting poverty in Northern Manitoba

In a country as wealthy as ours, is it fair that so many families must struggle constantly just to survive? One in six Canadians live in poverty—and some of the highest rates of poverty are right here in Northern Manitoba. Nearly 1.2 million are children. Some are adults on shrinking social assistance, facing tough barriers […]

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