"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.
One thing I heard during the election is Canadians don’t want a U.S.-style two-party system. One of the strengths of our democracy is we have a multiplicity of parties, a diversity of views. I think that makes our governance stronger. People want a strong NDP and we look forward to engaging with people to help determine what that looks like.
"The federal NDP needs to reconnect with the working class in this country — and there’s no better place to do that than at a place like the Stampede in our communities, where working people of all walks of life and all professions and occupations are gathering."
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies said the decision to end the digital services tax amounts to “pure caving in to Trump and his billionaire friends.”
“Canada is a sovereign country with the right to make our own tax laws. Abandoning fair taxation of tech giants is unacceptable appeasement,” Davies said in a social media post.
"I think Canadians would be surprised to learn that their own pension monies are being used to invest in other countries in such a vastly disproportionate way than in their own country," said Don Davies, Interim Leader of the NDP and Finance Critic.