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NDP urges Ottawa to enact TRC calls to action following school burial site discovery
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 31, 2021 at 11:44 am EDT
OTTAWA Federal New Democrats are calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the government has not done enough to implement the 94 calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which released its findings six years ago following years of study into residential schools.
A number of the commission’s calls to action focus on the horrors inflicted on children and made recommendations on how governments, justice systems and church officials should try to locate, name and commemorate those who died.
NDP team up with Liberals, promising to get its net-zero climate bill into the Senate
by Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press
Posted May 27, 2021 2:47 pm EDT
Last Updated May 27, 2021 at 2:58 pm EDT
OTTAWA Federal New Democrats are ensuring the survival of a key piece of Liberal legislation aimed at keeping Canada accountable to its target of achieving net-zero carbon-related emissions by mid-century.
Parliamentarians are currently discussing Bill C-12 at a committee voting on a series of changes to the proposed climate law tabled late last year.
If passed, it would see Canada set rolling five-year targets to slash emissions of heat-trapping, climate-change-causing greenhouse gases, stopping in 2050.