At a news conference on Parliament Hill, interim NDP Leader Don Davies discusses his private member’s bill to end unpaid work by flight attendants. He is accompanied by Alexandre Boulerice, the NDP critic for labour, and Natasha Stea, the president of CUPE Local 4091.
“Trump has caused us to focus more on resource extraction, which I think actually goes in the opposite direction of where we want to be, which is transitioning from raw resource extraction to more secondary and tertiary value extraction, and higher innovation and technology sectors,” said Davies.
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says his party wants to see the coming budget offer more investment in health care, affordable non-market housing and projects that create unionized jobs. "We communicated very clearly that we would not be able to support a budget that takes an austerity approach," Davies said.
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies and NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice comment on the Carney government’s decision to formally recognize the state of Palestine. They also call on the federal government to begin negotiations with all provinces who have yet to sign onto the national pharmacare program
"They're drawing the line on decisions made by elites that are ruining our country," said Don Davies, the interim leader of the federal NDP who took part in Saturday's protest in Ottawa.
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies tells Power & Politics that his party needs to ‘reconnect and rebuild’ its relationship with the working class.
"I think [the back-to-work order] is utterly disgraceful, and frankly shameful, but unfortunately not surprising. I've seen the Liberal government use Section 107 repeatedly to violate workers' right to free, collective bargaining."
"Every hour worked should be an hour paid," interim NDP Leader Don Davies said in a statement. "The Liberals have done nothing to stop major airlines from exploiting their workers — most of whom are women. Instead, they handed those same airlines billions in taxpayer dollars. Workers deserve better."
"We call on (Prime Minister) Mark Carney immediately to get back on track and honour the law we passed last Parliament," said NDP interim leader Don Davies in a statement. "We call on him to finalize Pharmacare agreements with all remaining provinces and territories and allocate the funding Liberals promised so that no Canadian has to choose between life-saving medicine and putting food on the table."
“Taking away jobs and services Canadians rely on is wrong. Cutting people’s livelihoods is wrong. Instead of cuts, Mr. Carney should focus on reducing expensive outside contractors and investing in the development of our public service,” Davies said.