“Year after year, the Trudeau government tells Canadians to wait for action on affordable housing. Meanwhile this government hands out billions in corporate tax giveaways and spends billions more on the Trans Mountain pipeline project. And today, the Prime Minister showed he doesn’t understand what people are going through by voting against a plan to bring immediate relief for those facing the crisis,� said NDP Finance Critic, Peter Julian, MP (New Westminster – Burnaby). “Take Sarah, for example. She’s a nurse with three children struggling to find affordable housing in Burnaby, BC. The only places she can find will take her entire paycheque – leaving no money for food, for heat, for clothes, for transportation or for anything else. If the Liberal government made different choices, we could bring relief to all Canadians, like Sarah, and start building new affordable housing units in this year’s budget. Mr. Trudeau calls the housing situation a crisis; but when it’s time for him to act with urgency, he fails to do so.�
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Liberals must come clean about vetting process
NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.