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• Duffy blasts NDP MP as 'faker' CBC - Thu Nov 5, 10:48 PM

  Conservative Senator Mike Duffy calls MP Peter Stoffer a "faker" after the New Democrat releases a report questioning the expenses of new Tory senators.

• Domed stadium could cost $600M: Sask. NDP CBC - Thu Nov 5, 10:27 PM

  A proposed domed stadium in Regina could cost a lot more than the initially estimated $350 million, the New Democrats say.

• NDP claims 27 new Tory senators will cost taxpayers $177M The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 5, 5:25 PM

  OTTAWA - The 27 senators appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper over the last year could cost Canadian taxpayers $177 million over the life of their sinecure, according to an NDP analysis.

• Domed stadium could cost $600M: New Democrats CBC - Thu Nov 5, 3:28 PM

  The proposed domed stadium in Regina could cost a lot more than was previously anticipated, the New Democrats say.

• NDP spurns privileged access to Olympics tickets The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 4, 7:22 PM

  OTTAWA - New Democrat MPs are spurning the chance to get privileged access to Olympic events at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

• Beef producers ask Harper government for help; NDP support aid The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 4, 3:40 PM

  OTTAWA - Beef producers are asking the Harper government for help, saying they face a "perfect storm."

• Inquiry into immigrant investor program needed: NDP CBC - Wed Nov 4, 1:54 PM

  P.E.I.'s political parties should work together to get the ruling Liberal government to call a public inquiry into the provincial nominee program, says NDP Leader James Rodd.

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  NDP proposes legislation to protect pensions when companies fail The Canadian Press - Tue Nov 3, 1:27 PM

  OTTAWA - The federal NDP is proposing legislation to protect pensions by giving them priority status when companies close.

• NDP to call for bankruptcy pension protection CBC - Tue Nov 3, 12:53 PM

  The NDP said Tuesday it will introduce new legislation to protect employees' pensions when companies go bankrupt in an effort to prevent a situation like that currently facing Nortel retirees.

• NDP bungled vaccine screening: Opposition CBC - Mon Nov 2, 4:07 PM

  The leader of the Opposition in Manitoba has accused the NDP premier of a lack of leadership during the H1N1 vaccination program.

• Government leaving daycares in the cold: NDP CBC - Wed Oct 28, 10:49 AM

  The moving of kindergartens on P.E.I. into the school system is causing serious problems for daycare centres, says NDP Leader James Rodd, and lack of planning is to blame.

• B.C. has new lobbyist act after calls for reform by privacy commission and NDP The Canadian Press - Tue Oct 27, 9:21 PM

  VICTORIA, B.C. - The B.C. legislature is considering proposed reforms to the lobbying act after Attorney General Mike de Jong suggested an overhaul on Tuesday.

• NDP bill offers green to go Green The Canadian Press - Tue Oct 27, 2:18 PM

  OTTAWA - The NDP wants to give commuters a tax break to go Green.

• Layton pushes for pension insurance CBC - Thu Oct 22, 3:31 PM

  NDP Leader Jack Layton has proposed the creation of a national pension insurance program to protect retirement savings.

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  Layton proposes national pension insurance program The Canadian Press - Thu Oct 22, 11:38 AM

  OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jack Layton is proposing a national pension insurance program to protect workers whose companies go bankrupt and leave retired employees in the lurch.

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  NDP uncovers government's Olympic suites CBC - Wed Oct 21, 4:19 PM

  B.C. New Democrats release documents showing the provincial government purchased suites at GM Place and the Pacific Coliseum for the use of MLAs and cabinet ministers during the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Liberals snub NDP climate-change bill CBC - Wed Oct 21, 6:11 AM

  Federal Liberals say they won't support the NDP in its effort to push a private member's climate-change bill through the House of Commons on Wednesday.

• Alberta Wildrose should set example by revealing leadership campaign donors; NDP The Canadian Press - Mon Oct 19, 9:52 PM

  EDMONTON - The New Democrats are challenging Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith to reveal who donated to her leadership campaign.

• Speaker of Alta. legislature honours 25th anniversary of death of NDP leader The Canadian Press - Mon Oct 19, 9:49 PM

  EDMONTON - Even though it's been 25 years since former Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley died in a plane crash, some of his colleagues remember the horror they felt when they heard of his untimely death.