Check out all of the NEW upcoming winter events that have been added to our homepage and find out how you can enjoy some coffee, conversation, connection (the 3 Cs) and help determine the future of the NDP, both in Kitchener, and across Ontario and Canada: kitchenercentrendp.ca

Our next Federal General Meeting will be at the Fresh Ground Cafe at 256 King Street East, Unit A, Kitchener at 7pm on Wednesday, January 21st. We are electing our delegates to Convention in Winnipeg. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating today, with extra love to those who are going through the holidays for the first time without a loved one, and those who are struggling with their physical or mental wellbeing right now. Please text or call 211 if you need support. You are not alone.

If you missed our last email newsletter you can see it here (FREE food, FREE concerts, upcoming general meeting, coffee meet-up, community supports, and more!) us3.campaign-archive.com?e=fb5ae9a7dc...

Nice to see this kind of community care happening. If you’re in need of food, please check out this list of where to get food, compiled by one of our wonderful executive members: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We have just updated our website’s community support page with crisis information. Please call or text 211 if you are in need of support and someone will help you find what you need (food, shelter, safety from abuse, etc). You are not alone.

Ontario under the Ford government:

Psssst… NDP Memberships expire on December 31, 2025. Renewing now means that you’re good until December 31, 2026. Just sayin’. act.ontariondp.ca/donate/kic

“And the chilling reality is that college leadership is restructuring the workforce to push precarity. It’s inhumane, it’s union-busting, and we aren’t willing to tolerate this any longer…”

“Somebody isn’t going to buy right now if they don’t know if their job is going to be here tomorrow or if it’s going to be here the next day,” he said. “They’re concerned right now with what we’re seeing, what’s imminent.”

The Downtown BIA is hosting FREE concerts at the Conrad Centre (36 King Street West). Register here: www.downtownkitchener.ca/en/inc/calen...

If you received this email today you are eligible to vote in the upcoming federal NDP leadership race. If not, please renew your membership ASAP!

What went down with the last federal election? What’s happening with the federal NDP? Where do we go from here? Read the renewal report here and let us know what YOU want to see in your NDP going forward! act.ndp.ca/go/15525?t=5...

Come join our walking team or make a donation to the Coldest Night of the Year walk to raise funds for @rayofhopekw! bit.ly/ndpcoldestnight

Together with thousands of Canadians across the country, we're walking and fundraising to support people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness in our community. Please consider donating if you can. secure.e2rm.com/registrant/T...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Start or renew your membership in the NDP now and you can vote for our new federal party leader. act.ontariondp.ca/donate/kic

This week we hosted Heather McPherson, federal NDP leadership candidate. We were grateful for her messages of hope, inclusion, and unity. This event was the third in a series of events in which local riding associations were invited to meet NDP leadership candidates.

Groceries or winter boots? Groceries or holiday presents? If you’re in a crunch this holiday season please know that there are places to get free food. Here’s my free food list below for Waterloo Region. Please email any corrections: [email protected] docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Happening tonight!!

Are you struggling to make ends meet? Do you need food, housing, dental care, free camps/programs for kids or services for seniors? We need to elect an NDP government to provide better services for all, but in the meantime here are local community resources to help! sites.google.com/view/kitcenn...

Developers in Waterloo Region are lobbying to delay and water down Inclusionary Zoning (IZ). Register to delegate to Council on December 15th by emailing: [email protected] Together we can demand housing policies that put people before profits.

Expanding prescription medication coverage is a win-win: better health outcomes, out-of-pocket savings, and savings for our health system. Pharmacare now! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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None of this is good. We need the province to step up and fix this.

Stay safe out there, Kitchener centre friends!!

WATCH: This happens everyday and it’s a disgrace. Doug Ford never has the guts to get up and answer my questions.

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The feds opened the door for 5,000 new doctors while the ON gov is blocking them with OINP delays and zero urgency. US physicians have told me about barriers their facing before they can practice in ON. The healthcare crisis is a leadership test, and Ford is failing. #ONpoli

“This has been referred to as the Hunger Games,” said Jill Croteau, chair of the Ontario Physicians Recruitment Alliance. “If a municipality doesn’t have the resources for financial incentives, then they’re being held at a disadvantage.” #onpoli www.therecord.com/thestar/news...

Thanks to the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care for your advocacy – pleased to work together MPP Teresa Armstrong to ensure that community-based childcare operators will be able to access barriers that will be supplied free of charge. 👏👏👏 #onpoli

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… 🤷‍♀️

Thank you to @tonymcquailndp.bsky.social for coming to Waterloo Region today to speak with our regional members. The messages of collaboration and hope for a better future were inspiring.

Join us on December 17, 2025 to meet federal NDP candidate Heather McPherson! This event is the third in a series for local folks to meet federal candidates. Please RSVP now, as seating will be limited: bit.ly/ndpdec17

Geneviève Bergeron Maryse Laganière Hélène Colgan Maryse Leclair Nathalie Croteau Anne-Marie Lemay Barbara Daigneault Sonia Pelletier Anne-Marie Edward Michèle Richard Maud Haviernick Annie StArneault Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Annie Turcotte Never forgotten #Dec6 #EcolePolytechnique

Thirty-six years later, we still remember. Fourteen women, killed because they were women. We honour their dreams, their strength, and their right to live freely. We must never stop fighting gender-based violence.

Catch up with my fall newsletter, including: - Observing Remembrance Day - Chairing the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians - Make your voice heard at Pre-Budget Consultations - The KW Community Spirit Lions Free Family Skate - Get your free 2026 calendar mailchi.mp/ndp.on.ca/pb...

Are you fed up with how Doug Ford and his rich donor buddies are ruining Ontario? Do you want to be part of a group in Kitchener that is working to put Doug out of a job and get someone better in? There's a place for you in the Kitchener Centre NDP.

It looks like the location for this event needs to change. Still in Kitchener. An update will be coming soon, and all registered guests will be contacted via email once plans are finalized. Thanks for your patience.

And now that bill 60 has passed, we will see even more people without homes in our community.

PM Carney subsidizes Big Oil to pump carbon to increase production. He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie. He cuts a deal on planet killing methane. Now his team is walking. The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Police looking for 11-year-old girl last seen in Kitchener

25-year-old Eli Wood, a Wilfrid Laurier student, has been missing for 6 wks. Concerned community members have organized a ground search this Sun Dec 7 from 11:30am - 2:30pm not far from his last known location. Consider lending a hand. Learn more at www.facebook.com/groups/1156553859879048/.

Wow. That money could have paid for over 2,000 educational assistants to work with our most vulnerable students in #OntEd, keeping students and staff safe and helping all students to access learning. It could have paid for over 500,000 student Chromebooks. I’m so tired of seeing this nonsense.

Doug Ford had no plan to protect the 1,000 workers who just lost their jobs in Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario is facing a jobs disaster, and his government is mired in yet another corruption scandal. Doug Ford's corruption is costing people their jobs.

The Auditor General is sounding the alarm: over 2 million Ontarians still don’t have a family doctor — and Doug Ford has no plan to fix it. Instead, the's opened the door to privatization with no safeguards to protect patients.

Women and gender diverse people in Kitchener have reported physical and sexual abuse and harassment in shelters. Some say they would rather face the dangers of sleeping outside in snowstorms. We need to do so much better for vulnerable people in our communities.

"The Business Development Bank of Canada says if Canadians re-direct $100 more of their existing holiday budget to Canadian products, they will inject about $13 billion into the economy." 🇨🇦 #ShopLocal #SupportLocal www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Sexual assault is one of the most pervasive forms of violence in Canada. I tabled a petition to Establish Consent Awareness Week to remind people the importance of respecting people's right to be safe and understand what consent means.