Vancouver Centre NDP

Fierce love filled the streets of Vancouver for Pride this year.

Despite many corporations yanking their support in line with Trump's war on diversity, the spirit was strong - & local unions were of course at the heart of it!

Pride is a protest! Reminding us that there is joy in the struggle.

As the worst people attack Francesca Albanese, the @ndp.ca are nominating her for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Thank you, @heathermcpherson.bsky.social and @alexboulerice.bsky.social for speaking truth in a time of terror and cowardice.

www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-int...

Canadians deserve an NDP that fights for people, not powerful interests. Last election showed we need real change. A rushed leadership race means more of the same.

If you don't have a Toronto Star subscription, here's an archived link of @libbydavies.bsky.social’s op-ed:

archive.ph/EZTj4

Canada must act on its moral and legal obligation to allow Palestinians fleeing genocide to seek refuge within our borders. Our ongoing complicity in these horrors is unconscionable.

Tell Minister Diab to Issue Study Permits for Students at Risk Please sign this letter urging Minister Diab to take action on delayed student study permits! Students in Gaza do not have the luxury of time. Two incoming PhD students at the University of Waterloo w...

If you are a faculty member, researcher, postdoc, or staff at a university in Canada, please sign this letter demanding Canada issue study permit to Gaza students to be delivered to the Minister of Immigration by tomorrow afternoon.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Palestinian students say visa delays have stranded them despite admission to Canadian schools IRCC cites challenges processing applications from Gaza students, but prof says other countries have managed

It is unconscionable that Canada is refusing to process the immigration applications of students in Gaza accepted to Canadian schools.

Two have already died while waiting.

This is an atrocity and universities should be intervening.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The Liberals’ Bill C-2 is a draconian bill that would introduce Trump-style immigration policies and sweeping expansions to surveillance that would threaten the lives of millions of immigrants across Canada.

Add your name to tell Mark Carney to withdraw Bill C-2 ⬇️

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

The Orr Report: On Zohran Mamdani’s big win — and all the news from City Hall — COPE Vancouver This week Zohran Mamdani won a stunning primary election victory in New York City.  We needed that win, especially given everything happening in the U.S., in Canada, and around the world right n...

"My group chats haven’t been this happy since, well, April 5th."

New report from @seanorr.bsky.social on Mamdani's big win and the latest from a busy week at City Hall here: www.votecope.ca/news/the-orr...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver

So there IS an opposition party in Parliament after all!

NDP’s @jennykwan.bsky.social just made the Lib-Con coalition split their bulldozer Bill C-5. Great work! #cdnpoli

🇨🇦 Canada must defend its sovereignty from foreign interference. The Modi gov’t’s alleged role in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s assassination & targeting of Jagmeet Singh is unacceptable. Suspend security ties with India now! 1/
#SikhSafety #TransnationalRepression

NDP statement on Israel's recent attacks NDP critic for Foreign Affairs Heather McPherson issued the following statement:

Yes, you can read the NDP’s condemnation of Israel’s attack on Iran and our call for de-escalation and diplomacy here:

www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-sta...

What a beautiful piece! ♥️🇵🇸

Yesterday, at 87, my dad & former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, stood for an hour by the road in his old riding.

As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️

Many of our Canadian Senators are ready to defend human rights and ensure that every Canadian can live freely and authentically as themselves.

Human rights are Canadian values worth fighting for. More to come as Parliament resumes. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Thank you. Here's What's Next. 🇨🇦 🧡 Avi Lewis For Vancouver Centre

The campaign’s over, but the fight for a politics beyond fear continues. 🧡

Thank you for every knock, every call, and every act of courage – whatever choice you made. 🇨🇦

Here's what’s next: www.voteavi.ca/thank-you-wh...

Today at Central City Lodge, we celebrated a birthday–and a lifetime of believing in something bigger than ourselves.

Public health care. Strong pensions. Universal rights.

Let’s honour that legacy and fight for the Canada they built.

#VanCentre #VoteAvi #Vancouver #NDP #vanpoli

Last week, I walked with neighbours in Vancouver for the Gaza Pilgrimage.

For the children. For the medics. For every life stolen by genocide.

Never Again for Anyone.
Free Palestine.

#GazaPilgrimage #VancouverCentre #NeverAgain

Honoured to have the support of VotePalestine and the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council.

My politics are simple: stand with people fighting for dignity, equality, and human rights. Always.

No compromises. No exceptions.

#VanCentre #Vancouver #VoteAvi #FreePalestine

Thank you @naomiaklein.bsky.social. I’m the luckiest guy on earth to have you in my corner.

Apart from being incredibly embarrassed (which I think was the goal of this video) I'm reminded that this work involves all of us: our chosen family, our political family, all our loved ones.

#cdnpoli #NDP

1/ Hedy Fry has given more than 30 years of her life to public service in Vancouver Centre. That's impressive.

Less so is the fact that she's never spoken out against her party pouring billions into oil and gas—even as wildfires choke Vancouver skies, atmospheric rivers claim lives…

1/ Trump’s return is a shock to the system. And shocks open doors—for the worst… or for something better.

I’m running to take on inequality and the dangerous concentration of corporate power in Canada.

#cdnpoli #vanpoli #vancouver #vancouvercentre

Vancouver is leading the progressive pushback against the rising right!

What an honour to be fighting alongside leaders like municipal by-election winner @seanorr.bsky.social.

#cdnpoli #vanpoli #vancouver #vancouvercentre

What a blessing to join peaceniks from @ijvcanada.bsky.social, Christians4aFreePalestine, VotePalestine.ca and walk in the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage today!

#FreePalestine #vancouver

Vancouver residents protest city council ahead of hotel room motion Hotel union members and Vancouver residents rallied at City Hall Monday in opposition to a proposed policy to build more hotel rooms.

Hotel workers commuting hours just to reach jobs in cities they can’t afford to live in? That’s not a local issue, it’s a national policy failure. Canada needs federal leadership that treats housing as a human right, not a commodity. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/14/v...

Tonight’s the night! ⬇️

Send this to the strategic voters in your life ⬇️👀

1/ Grateful to be named a Raise the Bar champion by @leadnowca.bsky.social.

Even prouder to stand with 17 incredible candidates fighting for everyday people across the country.

A Conservative hasn’t won in #VanCentre since the Cold War and the incumbent, Canada’s oldest MP, didn’t even support Carney in the leadership race.

It’s safe to vote for Avi and the NDP here.

YOU choose, not anybody else 🇨🇦

New friends, aka the pleasures of the canvass on a sunny Sunday evening.

#yvr #vancouver #ndp #canvassing #sundayNight #cdnpoli

Trans rights are human rights! 🏳️‍⚧️