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...
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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...
Ashton Unveils Worker Power Plan: Rewriting Economic Rules to Put Power Back in Workers’ Hands
Media ReleaseNovember 19, 2025
Toronto, ON — Today, NDP leadership candidate Rob Ashton unveiled his Worker Power Plan. For decades, the rules of the economy have been written by and for CEOs. While corporate profits soar, workers’ wages have stagnated, jobs have become more precarious, and union rights have been eroded. Rob’s Worker Power Plan will rewrite those...
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...