NDP to focus on pandemic measures, amplifying message in winter sitting

The party assigned six new critics in the lead-in to the House’s return after previously stripping MP Niki Ashton of all her critic duties for travelling abroad to tend to a sick relative.
New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured during a Nov. 30 media availability in West Block, says the party will focus on paid sick leave, long-term care, and vaccines as Parliament dives into its winter sitting.
The NDP has rearranged its critics for 2021 and is poised to tackle a wide portfolio of issues coming back into the House, aimed at helping Canadians get through the "eye of the storm” of the pandemic, while working to make more noise despite their fourth-party status, say caucus members. The six...

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