@heathermcpherson.bsky.social
NDP MP/Députée NPD Edmonton Strathcona
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialWorkers are losing their livelihoods while Cleveland-Cliffs breaks its commitments and the federal government fails to hold it accountable.
Enforce the agreements.
Protect Canadian jobs.
Make corporations answer for the commitments they make to workers.
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialStarted off my day by donating plasma at Canadian Blood Services. It’s fast, convenient, and there are yummy snacks. 😉 When the world feels like it’s on the wrong path, doing something for others is always a good feeling. If you can, drop by and donate.
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialA bus carrying 30 ordinary Ukrainians, deliberately struck by a Russian attack.
Yesterday, 22 people, including 5 children, were killed in a Russian strike on an apartment building.
This is what Russia’s aggression looks like: terror inflicted on civilians.
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialStelco is the perfect example of what happens when we treat good Canadians jobs and industrial capacity as disposable.
This govt needed to act months ago to enforce the Investment Canada agreement. Now, we need emergency worker retention and wage supports. Now!
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@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialAlbertans!
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@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialSeems like a good day to repost.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.socialReposted by @heathermcpherson.bsky.socialCarney has a chance to show us there’s actually still a difference between his government and the one we’d have if Poilievre had won the election. Will he take it? Federal funding to help LGBTQ rights groups survive the attacks on their humanity is about to expire. He can do something about it:
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialObviously, I'm frustrated. If what's happening right now in Alberta is not an emergency worthy of Parliament's attention, I don't know what is. 2/2
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialBased on new information reported today, I again asked the Speaker to allow Parliamentarians to question the government about foreign interference and issues with the Alberta referendum. Once again, the Speaker has denied my request. 1/2
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialToday, I asked the government what it's doing to protect our sovereignty and democracy from foreign interference. The answer 🤔 ? Nothing, then?
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialFantastic meeting with Tom Doran from ILWU Canada & our NDP labour critic, Don Davies. An important opportunity to work with labour leaders across Canada to fight the Liberal attacks on workers & their legal right to withhold their labour. Taking away the right to strike is a red line for the NDP.
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialForeign interference in Alberta's referendum is a serious matter impacting our sovereignty and should be debated in Canada's House of Commons. Why then is the Liberal Speaker not interested in this debate?
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialAlberta separatists are running to Trump, offering our oil and water in exchange for American support to break up Canada. A traitor to this country doesn’t have to wear a foreign flag. Sometimes they wave ours while selling out our future. This is a national emergency. Alberta is not for sale.
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialDanielle Smith is using your tax dollars to sell her political agenda. This referendum booklet is propaganda. It blames newcomers for her government’s failures and pushes constitutional changes without telling Albertans the truth. You deserve better than this political garbage paid for by you.
@heathermcpherson.bsky.social“Carney is tilting the scales in the favour of employers.”
Marty Warren, National Director of USW, is right.
Carney talks about protecting workers while his gov’t undermines their bargaining power, weakens their right to strike, and puts corporate interests first.
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialNew Democrats believe all seniors deserve universal and comprehensive supports. To all of the seniors in Edmonton Strathcona and across Canada: thank you for everything you have contributed to our country and Happy National Seniors Day. 5/5
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialAnd we will continue to push for affordable housing, including housing solutions for seniors as individual needs change, for universal health care, pharmacare and dental care, and to ensure that seniors are able to age in place, close to the people and communities they love. 4/x
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialNew Democrats are fighting for better income supports, to eliminate the discriminatory two-tier OAS system, and to make the guaranteed income supplement accessible to more seniors. 3/x
@heathermcpherson.bsky.socialSeniors deserve to live with dignity and security and that means being able to afford groceries, housing, medications, and having access to the health care and support they need. 2/x
