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Portrait of NDP’s Gord Johns next to paper collage of the outline of a head with a flower blooming inside
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NDP MP Gord Johns introduces motion to increase mental health services

Peak Web June 7, 2026

By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer On April 27, New Democratic Party (NDP) member of parliament Gord Johns introduced motion M-31 in the House of Commons focused on mental health services in Canada. This is a private members’ motion: a motion introduced by individual members who are not a part of Cabinet or the Legislative assembly, the law-making committees of the House. M-31 calls to recognize that the country is going through a “a mental health and substance use crisis” wherein “too many Canadians are unable to access mental health or substance use supports in a timely manner.”  The motion notes…

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This is a photo of an old growth tree in a BC provincial park.
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MP Patrick Weiler proposes M-83 to end old-growth logging

Peak Web June 2, 2023

By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer On May 3, Liberal MP Patrick Weiler initiated a private member’s motion, or M-83, to make forestry more sustainable in BC. The motion calls for three demands: the end of old-growth logging on federal lands,…

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Former MP Svend Robinson appointed as SFU’s J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar

News July 27, 2020

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Civil activist and former Member of Parliament (MP) Svend Robinson has been named the J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar in the SFU humanities department. This is for a one-year term beginning September 1, 2020, during…

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