Weeks after the Liberal government announced changes to small business supports, NDP Critic for Small Business and Economic Development is calling on the federal government to table those supports.

OTTAWA – Throughout this pandemic, while most Canadians and small businesses owners in Canada have struggled to get by and worried about their future, the wealthiest in Canada actually got richer. In fact, Canada’s top twenty richest people are close to $40 billion richer than they were before the pandemic hit. 

OTTAWA - People across Canada have been asking the government to take action on banning plastics for years. The government and all opposition parties supported my motion to create a clear course to eliminate and reduce plastics two years ago. While it has taken some time, today’s announcement reassures Canadians that the government is finally taking steps to get this done. But the Liberals must go much further than today's announcement.

OTTAWA – Gord Johns, NDP Critic for Fisheries and Oceans, is calling on the Liberal government to keep their promise to implement the recommendations of the Cohen Commission.

Gord Johns, NDP Critic for Fisheries and Ocean, issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans:

OTTAWA– The Liberal government continues to fight Indigenous fishing rights in court and provide unclear instruction to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), irresponsibly fueling mounting tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers on both coasts.

Dear Ministers,

Small businesses and the people who run them have worked hard to survive the pandemic and keep the economy running. 

Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns has added his voice to those of coastal residents and community leaders who are concerned about a recent decision to force ferry passengers out of their vehicles and into busy passenger decks in the midst of the COVID pandemic.