Click Here for Niki’s Convention Speech Mon nom est Niki Ashton and I am running to bring New Politics to Canada. The Old Politics of Stephen Harper has left a legacy of growing inequality, the threat of war, and inaction on the growing climate crisis. À cause de la vieille politique et des vieux programmes, [...]

KENORA- Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell has endorsed Niki Ashton to be the next NDP Leader, describing the Churchill MP as a breath of fresh air who can reinvigorate Canadian politics. “ Niki inspires me to believe that Canada can change for the better,” said Campbell, “and I believe she can inspire others as well. [...]

THUNDER BAY- Today, NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton called on all New Democrats to maintain unity and to stay focused on replacing the Harper Conservatives and forming Canada’s next government. “I’ve worked with Tom Mulcair, Brian Topp and other candidates for a number of years and I know that they are all good New Democrats, [...]

ASHTON OUTLINES VISION FOR NDP VICTORY ON PRAIRIES Calls for Prairie Breakthrough Conference in 2013 Manitoba MP and NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has outlined a vision for a major NDP breakthrough on the Prairies in 2015, a key part of her strategy for forming Canada’s first federal NDP government. “I’ve travelled extensively throughout the [...]

REGINA: NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has called on the Federal government to declare grain a strategic resource to protect Canadians from predatory takeovers in the food sector. Ashton said that this has to be done immediately to protect against a predatory takeover of Viterra, something she said could have disastrous consequences for Canadian farmers [...]

CALGARY- NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton today outlined her vision to protect Canadian artists, Canadian culture and Canadian free speech, a vision developed after a series of meetings in recent weeks with arts workers across the country. “As one of our largest employment sectors, the arts make a big contribution to the Canadian economy,” declared [...]

VANCOUVER: NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton today outlined her vision of a smarter, more sustainable Canadian economy, while noting that the growing inequality in Canada is a barrier to meaningful steps to protect the environment. “We need to meet the needs of Canadians in the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet [...]

We need your help. In just over five weeks, we will elect the next leader of Canada’s New Democrats. Seven candidates and their teams have been crisscrossing the country, recruiting new members, sharing their visions and building up our party. Niki Ashton’s call for a New Politics has found an enthusiastic audience among voters in [...]

REGINA: NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton today vowed to continue to fight on behalf of Western farmers, in the wake of the Conservative government’s passage of Bill C-18 without allowing for a democratic vote by producers. In a speech to the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance annual meeting, the Churchill MP said the Harper government is [...]

MOOSE JAW- NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has outlined a vision to ensure rural Canadians share in the benefits of the wealth they create, noting that the decline of rural communities is another indication of the growing inequality in Stephen Harper’s Canada. “As the only Opposition MP representing a rural riding on the Prairies, I’ve [...]

NANAIMO: NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has reiterated her call to end the criminalization of public health challenges like substance abuse by decriminalizing possession of marijuana and other soft drugs, targeting addictions instead of addicts by funding substance abuse and harm reduction programs, and legalizing the exchange of needles in federal penitentiaries, as called for [...]

VICTORIA. NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has blasted what she called the Conservative’s cynical attempt to turn pension cuts into a generational issue. She made the comment in response to statements by Conservative Minister Diane Finley that young Canadians should be supporting plans to cut the pension system. Ashton called the government’s position “utterly ridiculous”. [...]

VANCOUVER. NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has received a surge in support and donations from Greek Canadians along with support from other ethnocultural communities and young Canadians. Niki Ashton’s Campaign co Chair Noah Evanchuk said that Niki’s campaign has signed up new members in 8 out of 10 provinces. “She received significant support from Greek [...]

VANCOUVER: NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has called for Canada to support the Palestinians as part of an overall initiative for peace in the Middle East. She made the call after a Freedom of Information request showed that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird deleted any reference to Canada supporting the Palestinians in his address to [...]

VANCOUVER: NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has stated Canada must not allow her and future generations to be worse off than today. Ashton made the call during a visit to Simon Fraser University. “As I travel the country as a candidate for the leadership of the NDP, more and more people are talking about what [...]

REGINA: NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has announced a plan for Canada’s criminal justice system that would ensure all Canadians receive equal justice, and that would build safer communities instead of bigger prisons. She vowed to reverse what she called the old politics of Stephen Harper on justice. “Policies like Bill C-10 don’t work,” said [...]

SUDBURY: NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has called for the election of a Federal government that will stand up for Canadian workers and their families. She made a call at the Northern Ontario Federal NDP Leadership candidates debate. Ashton took direct aim at the series of foreign takeovers and mergers that are hollowing out Canadian [...]

WINNIPEG: Today, NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton joined students across the country in calling for action to make post-secondary education a right. In a speech to students at the University of Manitoba, Ashton noted that some form of post-secondary education is a pre-requisite for inclusion in today’s economy, and that the most successful economies in [...]

VANCOUVER- One day after Niki Ashton received the endorsement of another federal Caucus colleague, another BC MLA added his voice to the list of people endorsing Ashton’s bid for the federal NDP leadership. Michael Sather, NDP MLA for Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows in British Columbia and Fisheries and Deputy Environment critic for the BC [...]

Carol Hughes, NDP MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapusasking has endorsed Niki Ashton to be the next Leader of Canada’s NDP. “I’m proud to endorse my friend and colleague, Niki Ashton to be the next leader of our party, and the first NDP Prime Minister of Canada,” said Hughes. “Niki understands parts of the country like mine, and [...]

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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 [...]

December 10, 2011 VANCOUVER: On Sunday, December 4th, Niki Ashton introduced her vision of a new politics to a national audience for the first time. Pundits are talking about Niki Ashton’s clear message of equality, her poise and the quality of her performace in both of our country’s official languages. ” Round 1 Goes to [...]

OTTAWA NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton said that a new report from the OECD reinforces the call she has made to deal with the growing “affordability gap” facing Canada. Ashton highlighted the need for greater equality and the affordability gap in the Ten Point Plan for a More Inclusive Economy prior to the first leadership [...]

Quebec - NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has released a comprehensive ten point plan for a more inclusive Canadian economy. She released the plan in advance of the all candidates debate on the economy this Sunday. Ashton stressed the need to promote equality as part of her new politics for Canada. “I believe that the need [...]

Halifax. NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has blasted the Conservatives for betraying future generations on the environment. She was responding to the growing indications that the Harper Conservatives will be pulling Canada out of the Kyoto climate change accord. Ashton said the imminent move shows that the Conservatives have no credibility on the environment. “This [...]

Toronto. NDP Leadership candidate Niki Ashton has stressed celebrating and supporting diversity is a key element of her new politics campaign and the future of the NDP and Canada. Ashton took the message to an event marking the opening of the Ethiopian Cultural Centre in Winnipeg, a Latin American event in Toronto and to Danforth, [...]

If you want to insult the dignity of the House, you have to get elected first by Aaron Wherry, on Friday, November 25, 2011 10:29am On Wednesday evening, during a vote on the government’s Canadian Wheat Board legislation, a protestor in one of the visitors’ galleries began shouting his objections. He apparently held a sign [...]

Regina.  NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has called the need for greater equality a defining issue for the NDP and Canadians.  She said achieving greater equality is a key element of new politics for Canada. Ashton said that it is critical to put forward a broad vision that recognizes the underlying structural causes behind the [...]

Joliette. Francine Raynault, MP for Joliette and member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agrifoods is supporting Niki Ashton for the leadership of the NDP. Ms. Raynault indicated that she took this decision because she believes that Niki Ashton is the best placed to understand the reality of rural and agricultural communities.  Since 2008, [...]

Winnipeg.  NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has received major support in Manitoba. Ashton was joined at a rally in Winnipeg by Manitoba Deputy Premier Eric Robinson as well as urban, rural and Northern MLAs, Aboriginal leaders, mayors and a Winnipeg city councilor. Ashton said she was pleased to receive such significant support from her home [...]

Calgary, NDP leadership candidate, Niki Ashton, is taking her campaign directly to Western Canadians. Ashton, who announced she is running for the NDP leadership on Monday, November 7, called her campaign visits, “Breakthrough: Western Canada.” Ashton said that a breakthrough in Western Canada is critical to the NDP forming government in 2015. “It is virtually [...]

Montreal. Niki Ashton has announced that she is a candidate for the leadership of the NDP.  Ashton made her announcement in Montreal where was joined by her campaign co chair Jean-François Larose MP for Repentigny and Francois Choquette MP for Drummond.  Campaign co chair Noah Evanchuk also released a statement from Saskatchewan. Ashton called for [...]