MP Gord Johns

New Democrats urge federal government to stand up against U.S. style two-tier health

OTTAWA - Last weekend, Canada's Ministry of National Defence confirmed their main strategy to fend off a potential invasion from the United States is to wait for American forces to be killed off by th...

Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking wa...

Wednesday July 22, 2026 | CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI [Posted at 6:56 pm PT] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends As Canada’s Premiers gathered in Charlottetown today for their summer meeting at the Council of the Federation, NDP Member of Parliament and federal NDP critic for Health Gord Johns addressed a Canadian Health Coalition rally [...] The post Premiers must protect health care, says NDP appeared first on Island Social Trends .

A new exhibit spotlights the ‘grant’ made without First Nations’ consent 140 years ago.

YouTube video by Gord Johns

YouTube video by Gord Johns

The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed u...

Following the passage of Bill C-30, which included provisions to weaken Canada’s pesticide regulations, NDP MP Gord Johns, Critic for Health and Agriculture, issued the following statement:

A Canadian scientist has found that amputated bits of flesh cut from scarlet sea cucumbers can carry on for years in a strange new form, somewhere between life and death.

YouTube video by Gord Johns

YouTube video by Gord Johns

US forces down attack drones in Bandar Abbas amid further military activity around the strait of Hormuz, with Iranian forces reportedly firing at four ships in the waterway * Trump accuses Iran of stalling peace deal to ‘outwait’ him until US midterms The US has carried out new strikes inside Iran , targeting a military facility and downing Iranian attack drones, US officials said. US Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the strait of Hormuz, according to US officials, who were not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Continue reading...