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NDP MP for Churchill (Manitoba)

Won her last election, in 2011, with 51.10% of the vote.

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Mentioned by Elliot Lake Standard Kill foreign takeovers, stop domestic job losses: NDP MP NDP MP Niki Ashton spoke with Elliot Lakers on Saturday at the Algo Centre Mall. Ashton is one of eight NDP candidates looking to be the next leader of the federal New Democratic Party. With her was supporter NDP MP Carol Hughes.

Mentioned by Post NDP candidates face off in Quebec as popularity fades - Regina Leader By Marianne White, Postmedia News February 9, 2012 2:56 PM New Democratic Party federal leadership candidates, from left to right, Brian Topp, Niki Ashton, Thomas Mulcair, Peggy Nash, Paul Dewar, Romeo Saganash, Martin Singh, and Nathan Cullen.

Mentioned by New Socialist Group The NDP Leadership Race: Sleepwalking toward the Centre? An MP from Toronto (from 2006 to 2008), she served as party president before returning to the House of Commons in 2011. Fairly or not, Niki Ashton's leadership campaign has been most notable for the fact that she's 29 years old (or as she points out, ...

Yesterday

Didn't vote on Vote #123 on Bill C-306 Amend the Parliament of Canada Act (political affiliation)

Didn't vote on Vote #122 on Bill C-11 Amend the Copyright Act

Mentioned by StarPhoenix Federal NDP candidates debate issues in Saskatoon By Rory MacLean, The StarPhoenix February 8, 2012 2:08 AM Federal NDP candidates Niki Ashton, left, Paul Dewar, centre, and Nathan Cullen chat on stage before a candidates' forum in Saskatoon on Tuesday, with five of the hopefuls on stage in front of a ...

Mentioned by Vancouver Sun NDP's anti-oilsands campaign could prove toxic at polls Among eight contenders now vying for the job of party leader, only two - BC MP Nathan Cullen and Manitoba MP Niki Ashton - are from the West, which has long provided a strong base of support for provincial New Democrats. Provincial support, however ...

Two days ago

Mentioned by Midnorth Monitor Hughes endorses Ashton for NDP leader By Rosalind Russell OTTAWA - PARLIAMENT HILL - Carol Hughes, NDP MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapusasking has endorsed Niki Ashton to be the next Leader of Canada's NDP. “I'm proud to endorse my friend and colleague, Niki Ashton to be the next leader of ...

Didn't vote on Vote #121 on Bill C-19 Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

Didn't vote on Vote #120 on Bill C-19 Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

Didn't vote on Vote #119 on Bill C-19 Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

Posted on Twitter Thrilled to be back in SK! Looking forward to our forum in Saskatoon @Niki_npd #ndpldr #yxe

Posted on Twitter The new politics of justice. Equality and Justice. Check it out! http://t.co/nhamfJcU #ndpldr #cdnpoli #realjustice

This week

Posted on Twitter Is watching the Madonna half time show at MP Glenn Thibeault's superbowl party! Putting the Party in the NDP @Niki_npd #ndpldr

Posted on Twitter If ur in Sudbury - join us at Pesto's at the Radisson before Glenn Thibeault's superbowl partay! @Niki_npd #ndpldr

Posted on Twitter Rad debate in Sudbury! Included jokes, a ref and a football throw. Great to be in N. Ontario @Niki_npd #ndpldr

Posted on Twitter Looking forward to our Northern debate in Sudbury! à Sudbury pour notre débat au nord - comme chez moi! @Niki_npd #ndpldr #npd2012

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act Mr. Speaker, today Canadians are witnessing the anti-democratic, ideological agenda of the Conservative government. Western Canadians are today witnessing a government take a position without listening ...

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Points of Order Madam Speaker, today and the few days that we have spent talking about Bill C-18, I believe will be remembered as the days where the Conservative ...

Spoke in the House on Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Madam Speaker, I think many Canadians would be shocked to see what the government is doing. Throughout the debate on Bill C-18, in fact there has ...

Spoke in the House on Human Rights Mr. Speaker, the need for greater equality is a defining issue for us as Canadians. Achieving greater equality is a key element of the new politics ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my colleague from Edmonton—Strathcona. I stand here proud to represent the people of northern Manitoba, recognizing that ...

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Canadian Wheat Board Mr. Speaker, the government's proposed dismantling of the Wheat Board is already having a negative impact on Churchill. Things are already being cleared out of the ...

Spoke in the House on Canadian Wheat Board Mr. Speaker, not only is the video insulting to aboriginal people, it insults the intelligence of the majority of farmers who voted to save the Canadian ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply moved: That, in the opinion of the House, farmers have a democratic right to determine the future of their own supply management tools and marketing boards; ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-635 An Act to establish criteria and conditions in respect of funding for post-secondary education programs in order to ensure the quality, accessibility, public administration and accountability of those programs