March 4
MP Barron calls out Liberals for cutting funding to build homes in Nanaimo
NANAIMO – Last week, NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron demanded that the government provide much needed funding to address Nanaimo-Ladysmith’s housing crisis. Barron’s call comes as the Liberals have cut Nanaimo’s “Reaching Home” funding by 60 per cent.
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February 28
MP Barron calls on Prime Minister to provide funding for local food bank
NANAIMO – On Wednesday, NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo – Ladysmith) demanded answers from the Prime Minister on why the Liberals keep supporting rich grocery CEOs over people trying to keep up with high food costs.
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February 9
NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron calls out Liberals for voting no on NDP bill to lower prices
OTTAWA – On Friday, NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron called out the Liberals for voting against NDP measures to lower food prices for people in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, by tackling corporate greed.
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February 7
Liberals and Conservatives team up to push Canadians out of electoral reform
OTTAWA – On Wednesday, the Liberals and Conservatives teamed up to vote against a motion brought forward by NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo - Ladysmith) to give Canadians more of a say over Canada’s electoral system.
Barron’s motion would have created a National Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, giving Canadians a chance to provide recommendations on how to move forward with electoral reform.
“Canadians are facing really big problems right now; the...
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December 19
NDP re-ups call for CEBA extension to help businesses in Nanaimo – Ladysmith trying to make it through the New Year
122,890 British Columbian businesses who were approved for CEBA loans will be forced to pay it all back in the next month or risk losing a loan forgiveness promise of up to $20,000.
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December 11
NDP secures dental care for people in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, slams Conservatives for voting against it
NANAIMO – On Monday, New Democrats announced the rollout of the NDP’s national dental care program, which will save millions of families across Canada about $1,300.
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December 4
NDP holding Liberal Government to account for failure to keep West Coast mariners safe
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November 24
NDP MP Barron grills government for delaying housing funding to Nanaimo
NANAIMO – On Friday, NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) called out the Liberal government for delaying urgently needed housing funding until 2025/2026. Barron says that people in Nanaimo-Ladysmith have been having an increasingly difficult time finding affordable homes, and that the government needs to be releasing the funding they promised in the fall economic statement right away.
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November 9
NDP MP Barron slams Liberals and Conservatives for teaming up to squash plan to give Canadians a break on heating bills
NANAIMO – On Wednesday, Parliament voted on the NDP’s plan to permanently help all Canadians — in every province and territory — pay their bills by taking the GST off home heating and putting in place a windfall tax on big oil and gas corporations making record profits. The money recovered from the windfall tax could have been used to help Canadians move to cheaper and cleaner home heating options.
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