OTTAWA. NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has put forward a bold vision for Canada’s renewed purpose in the world. Ashton made the call at a major speech to the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) in Ottawa. Ashton, who is a graduate of NPSIA, said that: “Our goal must be nothing less than to [...]

TORONTO: NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has called for a commitment to immigration including the reinstatement of the family sponsorship program. She made the call after a blistering attack on what she called “Stephen Harper’s cynical old politics approach to Canada’s ethnocultural communities.” Ashton said that under the old politics of Stephen Harper “they come [...]

MONTREAL. NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton says it is time to restore Canada’s reputation as a leader in promoting peace and diplomacy in the world. She said that this would include keeping our troops at home. Ashton was speaking to members of the Canadians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East. “It is not [...]

REGINA: NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has called for action to end discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and achieve true equality in Canada. Ashton made the call prior to meeting with members of the B Team, a group of queer community activists in Regina, and vowed to continue the fight to achieve equality [...]

SASKATOON: Today, in the province that pioneered Canada’s universal health care system, NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton unveiled a strategy for renewing health care that aims to not only save medicare but expand and improve it. “The Conservatives are putting Medicare is at risk by failing to provide long term Federal funding to the provinces,” [...]

WINNIPEG. NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has stressed the need for a renewed vision of a bilingual, multicultural Canada. She called this a critical element of new politics for Canada. Ashton who is fluent in both English and French also speaks two other languages and has studied five others. “My first language is neither English [...]

THOMPSON :NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has issued a statement supporting locked out Caterpillar workers in London, Ontario. Ashton released the statement in her home community of Thompson which has been fighting the loss of 500 jobs following the takeover of Inco by Vale. “Whether it is in London or Thompson or Hamilton or Alma [...]

QUEBEC- NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton  called 2011 the year of the NDP breakthrough in Quebec but  stressed the need to earn the ongoing support of Quebecers. Ashton was speaking as she made yet another tour of Quebec that will take her to the Quebec City area, Trois Rivieres and Shawinigan. She said it is [...]

HAMILTON. NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has called for strengthened foreign ownership protection. She made the call in Hamilton , the location of US Steel, a company that slashed jobs after taking over a Canadian company. Ashton called the current foreign investment act toothless and blasted Stephen Harper’s Conservatives for failing to protect key industries. [...]

WINNIPEG: NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has slammed the Conservative government’s undemocratic actions on the Wheat Board. She was speaking in front of the Wheat Board office after the Wheat Board launched a new legal action to ensure farmers have a say on its future. “The Conservatives have shown absolute contempt for the democratic rights [...]