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The spring economic update was a missed opportunity to address the crushing cost of living crisis.The spring economic update was a missed opportunity to address the crushing cost of living crisis.
In a country as rich as ours, there is no reason life has to be this hard.
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1/ La mise à jour économique du printemps publiée aujourd'hui est inadaptée à la situation actuelle, alors que les Canadiennes et Canadiens sont durement touché·es par la hausse généralisée du coût de la vie.1/ La mise à jour économique du printemps publiée aujourd'hui est inadaptée à la situation actuelle, alors que les Canadiennes et Canadiens sont durement touché·es par la hausse généralisée du coût de la vie.
Bien que présenté par le gouvernement comme un plan visant à améliorer l'accessibilité financière, ce communiqué ne contient pratiquement aucune nouvelle mesure pour faire baisser le coût de la vie. Il se contente de quelques ajustements mineurs et de réannoncer à des initiatives déjà existantes.
Par ailleurs, aucune nouvelle mesure n'est prévue pour générer des recettes fiscales supplémentaires en taxant les profits excessifs des entreprises.
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1/ Today’s spring economic statement fails to meet the moment at a time when Canadians are getting crushed by the rising cost of everything.1/ Today’s spring economic statement fails to meet the moment at a time when Canadians are getting crushed by the rising cost of everything.
While it was sold by the government as a plan to address affordability, the update contains virtually no new measures to bring down the cost of living — it tinkers around the edges and re-announces existing initiatives.
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Alexandre quitte notre caucus, mais pas notre combat commun.Alexandre quitte notre caucus, mais pas notre combat commun.
Après 15 ans passés à Ottawa à défendre l’accessibilité au logement, la lutte contre les changements climatiques et les droits des travailleuses et travailleurs, il porte le combat à l’échelle provinciale, à un moment crucial pour le Québec.
Nous te souhaitons bonne chance, Alex. Tu vas nous manquer à la Chambre, mais on se reverra dans la rue !
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Alexandre is leaving our caucus but not our common struggle.Alexandre is leaving our caucus but not our common struggle.
After 15 years as a champion for affordability, climate action, and workers’ rights in Ottawa, he’s taking the fight provincial, in a critical moment for Quebec.
We wish you well, Alex. We’ll miss you in the House but we’ll see you in the streets!
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Aujourd'hui, c'est le Jour de la Terre, mais chaque année, on a l'impression de revivre le même scénario.Aujourd'hui, c'est le Jour de la Terre, mais chaque année, on a l'impression de revivre le même scénario.
Pendant que le Canada ressasse les mêmes débats sur les pipelines, le reste du monde prend une longueur d'avance en matière d'énergies renouvelables – un secteur en pleine expansion qui a permis de satisfaire toute la nouvelle demande d'électricité en 2025.
Il est temps pour le Canada de rattraper son retard. Faisons du Canada une superpuissance des énergies renouvelables.
En 2025, toute la nouvelle électricité dans le monde était de source renouvelable
Les panneaux solaires ont comblé les trois quarts de la hausse des besoins.
Le Devoir (www.ledevoir.com)
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Today is Earth Day, but each year it can feel a little more like Groundhog Day.Today is Earth Day, but each year it can feel a little more like Groundhog Day.
While we replay the same pipeline debates in Canada, the rest of the world is racing ahead on renewable energy — which is growing so fast that it met all new electricity demand in 2025.
It’s time for Canada to catch up. Let's make Canada a renewable energy superpower.
The future of electricity is wind and solar, new report says. Canada is lagging is behind | CBC News
Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, preventing any increase in the burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity and highlighting the promise of clean sources like wind and solar.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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Canada has already paid an "entry fee" in these negotiations -- dropping counter-tariffs and scrapping the Digital Services Tax, a modest tax on the world's most profitable tech giants, at the behest of Donald Trump.Canada has already paid an "entry fee" in these negotiations -- dropping counter-tariffs and scrapping the Digital Services Tax, a modest tax on the world's most profitable tech giants, at the behest of Donald Trump.
Those concessions got us nowhere.
Prime Minister Carney, now is not the time to concede further ground. Canada must show resolve in the face of Trump's bullying and stand up for workers, jobs, and Canadian industries.
Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources | CBC News
The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told Radio-Canada.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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Le premier ministre Carney et moi-même avons eu aujourd’hui un premier entretien chaleureux et fructueux.Peut-être que je suis simplement nostalgique de cette façon de faire de la politique que j'ai vue chez mes parents tout au long de leur vie : toujours bienveillants envers les gens, mais fermes sur les questions importantes. Je pense que c’est ce dont le pays a besoin en ce moment.
Mais honnêtement ? Je ne conçois pas la politique en termes d’accès au pouvoir. Pour apporter les changements dont nous avons besoin, tout dépend de la force collective que nous pourrons créer autour de solutions qui s’opposent au pouvoir et profitent aux 99 %.
C'est ça, le vrai travail. Et cela va nécessiter la participation de chacun d'entre nous.
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Le premier ministre Carney et moi-même avons eu aujourd’hui un premier entretien chaleureux et fructueux.Le premier ministre Carney et moi-même avons eu aujourd’hui un premier entretien chaleureux et fructueux.
Je lui ai exprimé les préoccupations du NPD concernant la crise du coût de la vie à laquelle fait face la population canadienne, notamment la pratique inquiétante de la « tarification de surveillance ».
J’ai souligné l’urgence de mettre fin à la privatisation des soins de santé en réaffirmant et en appliquant pleinement la Loi canadienne sur la santé. Et j’ai réitéré notre position selon laquelle le Canada doit adopter une position morale claire contre les guerres illégales (et les pays qui les déclenchent) à une époque d’impunité.
Ce fut un échange franc et amical — et cela m’a donné de l’espoir quant à la possibilité d’un débat politique respectueux, à l’ancienne, dans ce pays.
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Prime Minister Carney and I had a warm and productive first conversation today.It was a forthright and friendly exchange — and it made me feel encouraged about the prospects of a little old school respectful political debate in this country.
Maybe I’m just nostalgic for the kind of politics I've watched my parents practice throughout their lives — always soft on people, hard on the issues. I think that’s what the country needs right now.
But honestly? I don’t see politics in terms of access to the powerful. Making the changes we need depends on how much momentum we can build behind solutions that confront power and benefit the 99%.
That’s the real work. And it’s going to take all of us.
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Prime Minister Carney and I had a warm and productive first conversation today.Prime Minister Carney and I had a warm and productive first conversation today.
I shared the NDP’s concerns about the cost-of-living crisis facing Canadians, including the creepy practice of surveillance pricing.
I raised the urgent need to stop the privatization of health care by dusting off and actually enforcing the Canada Health Act. And I reiterated our position that Canada must take a clear moral stand against illegal wars (and the countries that start them) in this age of impunity.
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Today, the Liberals rejected our NDP motion to ban surveillance pricing - a dystopian practice that will drive up costs for Canadians if we allow it to take root.Today, the Liberals rejected our NDP motion to ban surveillance pricing - a dystopian practice that will drive up costs for Canadians if we allow it to take root.
The NDP is the only party fighting to protect you from getting ripped off at the checkout.
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On majority government, cutting through the clutter, and sobbing on the radio (ouch).On majority government, cutting through the clutter, and sobbing on the radio (ouch).
My conversation with the great Nil Köksal.
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Grocery giants just can’t help themselves.Grocery giants just can’t help themselves.
Underweight meat. Overweight profits.
Canadians are sick and tired of being ripped off.
A public option for groceries is overdue.
CBC investigation finds grocers Loblaw, Sobeys overcharging for underweight meat — again | CBC News
A CBC News secret shopping investigation has — once again — uncovered how several Loblaw-owned and Sobeys-affiliated stores are overcharging for underweight meat, despite claims last year that the grocery giants had taken steps to rectify the problem.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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Striking that the Liberals and Conservatives offer the same response to pain at the pump: siphon money out of the public purse instead of Big Oil’s profits.Striking that the Liberals and Conservatives offer the same response to pain at the pump: siphon money out of the public purse instead of Big Oil’s profits.
Oil companies are on track to make tens of billions in windfall profits from Trump’s illegal war in Iran.
It’s their profiteering that’s driving up prices. It’s them who should pay.
It’s time for price caps on gas to stop oil companies from price-gouging Canadians — and a windfall profits tax on war-time oil revenues, so the government can invest that money in the public interest.
Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel | CBC News
A day after sweeping three byelections in Ontario and Quebec that gave him a majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is temporarily removing the federal excise tax on gas and diesel.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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Today, the NDP is calling on the Carney government to implement a national ban on surveillance pricing - before it becomes a predatory new normal in Canadian life.Today, the NDP is calling on the Carney government to implement a national ban on surveillance pricing - before it becomes a predatory new normal in Canadian life.
Canadians are already being squeezed by the untenable cost of living. It’s time to stop the practice dead in its tracks.
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Today’s the day, folks - it’s by-election day!Today’s the day, folks - it’s by-election day!
3 incredible NDP candidates are running, and if you live in any of these ridings, get out and vote today:
University-Rosedale - Serena Purdy
Scarborough Southwest - Fatima Shaban
Terrebonne - Maxime BeaudoinCanadians do not want a two-party system and this is our chance to send that message to the Liberal government.
Polls are open from 8:30am-8:30pm local time. Find your polling station below, and let’s do this!
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Friends, here’s the info for my Dad’s memorial.Friends, here’s the info for my Dad’s memorial.
Please do RSVP here (and you can register for livestreaming too).