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...
When Donald Trump shares delusional maps from the Oval Office, showing the American flag covering Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela, it is more than a warning sign. It’s aggression. These kinds of actions are dangerous, direct, and need serious response. Canada stands with Denmark, with the people of Greenland, with our allies, and with our NATO...
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...
Statement by Rob Ashton on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
StatementDecember 6, 2025
Today, we honour the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at École Polytechnique in Montréal on December 6, 1989, only because they were women. It was a violent act of misogyny. We say their names. We carry their memory. And we face the reality that violence against women—especially Black, Indigenous, racialized, disabled, 2SLGBTQ+, and...
Statement from Rob Ashton on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
StatementDecember 3, 2025
Today, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to recognize the leadership, strength, and daily fight of people with disabilities across this country. This day exists because people with disabilities organized, pushed, and demanded that governments finally recognize disability rights — not as charity, not as awareness, but as justice. The United...
Statement from Rob Ashton on Algoma Steel Layoffs
StatementDecember 1, 2025
TORONTO – What’s happening at Algoma Steel is exactly what’s wrong with this country: big corporations get money from the government while workers are left to fend for themselves. A thousand steelworkers are being thrown out of their jobs while the federal and provincial governments keep shovelling public money into the pockets of corporate executives...
Statement from Rob Ashton on the 41st Remembrance of the 1984 Sikh Genocide
StatementNovember 7, 2025
This November marks 41 years since the 1984 Sikh Genocide—days of organized, state-sponsored violence in India that targeted Sikh men, women, and children. Thousands were killed, families were shattered, and an entire community was left to bear the pain and injustice of those horrific events. Four decades later, that pain endures. Sikh Canadians continue to...