ChandraPasma
Ottawa West-Nepean
Here for Ottawa West-Nepean
Chandra is a public policy researcher, activist, and mom.
Chandra is a proven advocate for workers and people who need a helping hand. As a researcher with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Chandra fights to ensure that all Ontarians have access to high-quality, vital public services like health care, emergency services, and post-secondary education.
Prior to CUPE, Chandra served as an advisor to parliamentarians, delivering change on important issues like child care, affordable housing, and Employment Insurance. Chandra has also been active for over a decade as an anti-poverty activist, fighting for comprehensive solutions to ensure that everyone in our communities can live in dignity.
As a parent, Chandra has seen first-hand the effects of the Ford government's cuts to education and healthcare on our local schools and the Queensway-Carleton Hospital. Chandra is a tireless advocate for these and other public services that improve the lives of everyone in her community.
Chandra lives with her husband and three school-aged children in the Qualicum neighbourhood of Ottawa West-Nepean.
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MPP Sattler calls out Ford for multi-billion-dollar loss in revenue for colleges and universities
QUEEN’S PARK- MPP Peggy Sattler, NDP critic for Colleges and Universities called for an urgent increase in funding for Ontario’s colleges and universities that are struggling to stay afloat.
“Students, workers, our economy, and our communities thrive when our post-secondary sector is strong,” said...
Ontario NDP joined OPSEU’s Wildland Firefighters to call for stronger rights and safety measures
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP MPPs Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay – Superior North) and Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) were joined by OPSEU and Ontario’s Wildland Firefighters to demand answers from the government Bill 190’s failure to consider the rights and safety of Ontario’s Wildland...
MPP Taylor calls for the immediate creation of a vulnerable missing persons alert
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), NDP critic for Children, Community, and Social Services, renewed her call for the creation of a missing persons alert for vulnerable persons, after a family from Havelock endured a harrowing search for a lost loved one.
Taylor was joined by the family...
MPP Gates calls for an end to parking fees at hospitals
QUEENS PARK – NDP MPP Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) called for an end to parking fees at public hospitals across the province of Ontario.
“In Niagara, residents are paying out-of-control rates for parking at our local hospitals,” said Gates. “Meanwhile, it’s no secret we have an affordability crisis in...
MPP West calls out the Conservatives for “bargaining in bad faith” with government engineers
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario NDP Labour critic, Jamie West (Sudbury), called out the Conservatives for bargaining in bad faith with government engineers and locking them out of work.
“For workers that have been without a contract for more than a year, the PEGO (Professional Engineers Government of Ontario)...
Kate Dupuis nominated to be the Ontario NDP candidate in Beaches – East York
TORONTO – New Democrats in Beaches – East York came together to nominate Kate Dupuis, long time BEY resident, health care professional, and champion for seniors, to be the Ontario NDP candidate in Beaches – East York for the next election.
“I am excited and ready to join Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP...
Stiles challenges Ford to say yes to NDP’s ambitious plan to build permanently affordable homes
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP, announced her plan to build at least 250,000 affordable homes in the province while creating good, sustainable union jobs:
“Everyone deserves a place to call home in a neighbourhood they love,” said Stiles. “Housing is not a luxury; it is a...
“Unacceptable behaviour,” MPP Taylor slams Ford for sitting on reports of the crisis in CAS for a year
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), NDP critic for Children, Community, and Social Services, called out Ford for ignoring a crisis in care for vulnerable children for an entire year without taking action.
New reports revealed today that last year – long before the news was made public -...
NDP’s Jennifer French calls out Conservatives for half-measures on VIN theft
OSHAWA - MPP Jennifer French, the Ontario NDP critic for Highways, Infrastructure, and Transportation, released the following statement in response to revelations that ServiceOntario employees were reVINing vehicles under the government’s watch, and the province’s failure to bring real solutions addressing...
“Not so sunny days,” Stiles slams Conservatives for failed housing record
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Leader, slammed the Ford Conservatives’ abysmal housing record in the province’s latest fiscal update after the Minister of Finance claimed it was ‘sunny days’ in the province’s economic outlook:
“It is clear as day that housing is no longer a priority...
MPP West calls out Ford Government for breaking its promise on Highway 69
QUEEN’S PARK – During question period, NDP MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) called out the Ford government for prioritizing luxury spas over the four-laning of Highway 69, breaking their promise once again to deliver safe roads to northern communities.
“The Conservative Fall Economic Statement won’t deliver on...
“Not so sunny days,” Stiles slams Conservatives for failed housing record
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Leader, slammed the Ford Conservatives’ abysmal housing record in the province’s latest fiscal update after the Minister of Finance claimed it was ‘sunny days’ in the province’s economic outlook:
“It is clear as day that housing is no longer a priority...
