A Plan to Put Everyday People First Canada is in an affordability crisis. Rent is up. Groceries are up. Debt is rising. Meanwhile, corporate profits are soaring, CEO pay keeps climbing, and the ultra-wealthy are doing just fine. For too long, governments have taxed work more than wealth. Rob Ashton believes that’s backwards. His plan...
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Lunar New Year
AnnouncementStatementFebruary 17, 2026
As we celebrate Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Fire Horse, it really hits home for me as I turn 50 this year. For generations, Asian-Canadians have celebrated this holiday as a time of renewal, family, hard work, and hope for prosperity in the year ahead. It’s a tradition rooted in resilience...
A National Transit Strategy That Works for Workers and Riders
AnnouncementSolutionsStatementFebruary 7, 2026
Canada is one of the only G7 countries without a national transit strategy. That failure has consequences. Cities are forced to fund transit through property taxes. Systems fall into permanent deficits. Service gets cut. Fares go up. Workers are stretched thin, facing burnout and rising violence on the job. Riders lose reliable service. Communities are...
Rob Ashton on Electoral Reform
AnnouncementMedia ReleaseStatementJanuary 26, 2026
Every Vote Should Count, That’s Why Canada Needs Proportional Representation I support electoral reform and proportional representation. We must push to have the voices of every Canadian heard and represented in our elections. With democracy under threat around the world – including in Canada – we must urgently address the deficiencies that are eroding confidence...
Canadians are working harder than ever – and are falling further behind. Wages haven’t kept up, rents and groceries are through the roof, and people are being told to tighten their belts. Meanwhile, a small group of CEOs are paying themselves millions – sometimes hundreds of times more than the people who actually make their...
Let’s be clear: the climate crisis is real, and in Canada, it’s workers who are paying the price. From record wildfires and the current floods in British Columbia, to devastating floods in Quebec, to infrastructure failures that have cut communities off from the rest of the country, extreme weather is no longer a future threat. It is a lived reality...
Rob’s Plan to Win Canada’s Housing War: Operation Build Communities, Not Corporate Empires
AnnouncementNovember 21, 2025
Canada’s housing crisis is not an accident— the ruling class engineered it. It is the result of chronic underfunding, real-estate investors, corporate landlords, and decades of political decisions that put profits ahead of people. It is a class war. Foreign investors and speculators have been allowed to run wild while families get pushed out of...
Rob’s Good Jobs Promise: Building a Future that Works for Us, Not for Them
AnnouncementNovember 12, 2025
Every Canadian deserves the dignity of a good job. Not a gig, not a “side hustle,” but real work that pays the bills, keeps a roof overhead, and lets families live with security and pride. For too long, this country has worked for the few at the top while the people who actually build it...