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The Budget  Mr. Speaker, Canadians expect the House to be a place of debate and for political parties to disagree on issues. What they do not expect is for party leaders to delay and avoid these debates with parliamentary tricks and obstructionist tactics. That is why Canadians were appalled when the leader of the Conservatives bragged that he is intentionally delaying the budget implementation act—

June 6th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, Canadians expect this House to be a place of debate and for political parties to disagree on issues. What they do not expect is for party leaders to delay and avoid these debates with parliamentary tricks and obstructionist tactics. That is why Canadians were appalled when the leader of the Conservatives bragged that he is intentionally delaying the budget implementation act.

June 6th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Shalem Mental Health  Mr. Speaker, Shalem Mental Health is a Hamilton-based organization providing critical mental health services to children, youth, couples and families in more than 100 communities across Canada, including in my riding of Hamilton Mountain. We know that social inequities can affect physical and mental health.

May 29th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Women and Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives do not believe in a woman's right to choose. Conservative MPs introduced legislation to reopen the abortion debate. They will march with anti—

May 10th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Women and Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives do not believe in a woman's right to choose. Conservative MPs introduced legislation to reopen the abortion debate. They will march with anti-choice activists—

May 10th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Women and Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives do not believe in a woman's right to choose. Conservative MPs introduced legislation to reopen the abortion debate. They will march with anti-choice activists tomorrow. They are beholden to Campaign Life Coalition and other groups that want to bring Republican-style abortion restrictions to this country, and the Leader of the Opposition uses misogynist hashtags in his YouTube videos.

May 10th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Neighbour to Neighbour  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the important work of yet another powerhouse woman in my riding of Hamilton Mountain: Denise Arkell. Denise joined Neighbour to Neighbour as executive director 30 years ago when she and just one other staff member pulled together an emergency food bank for an underserved community on Hamilton Mountain.

May 1st, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Youth  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, we launched the hiring period for Canada summer jobs. It is a program that provides employment opportunities for youth from different ages and backgrounds all over the country so they can learn new skills in the summer. Last year, 62 small businesses and non-profits in my riding of Hamilton Mountain participated in Canada summer jobs.

April 25th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Parkinson's Awareness Month  Mr. Speaker, this week marks both National Volunteer Week, when we recognize the contributions of many volunteers across Canada, and also the awareness month for Parkinson's, a neurological disease that affects the lives of more than 100,000 Canadians. In my riding of Hamilton Mountain, one woman embodies both these important causes.

April 19th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance presented budget 2023, “A Made-in-Canada Plan”. Unlike the empty rhetoric of the Conservative Party, this is a real plan to deliver results for Canadians and one I am proud to share with my constituents of Hamilton Mountain.

March 29th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. member opposite how making Canadian content more discoverable online limits the choices in what we watch.

March 27th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, could the member opposite tell me whether he thinks he is getting all these hundreds of emails about Bill C-11 because of all the misinformation about the legislation that is being perpetrated by the Conservatives?

March 27th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, I would put the member's last question back to him and ask whether he trusts platforms to decide for Canadians what they watch, rather than the government.

March 27th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, I was very interested in the member opposite talking about the Internet being this vast place, international without borders, where one could find all this content. I am wondering if the member honestly thinks that people, randomly on the Internet, with all of this content, find what it is that they want to watch, or does she think it is the platforms that are deciding what to put at the top of the feed, what Canadians should watch next, what maybe appeals to people.

March 27th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, first of all, there is nothing in the legislation that lays out what CanCon is. What the legislation does is ask platforms to make Canadian content more findable for Canadians. What in making Canadian content more findable takes away choices from Canadians to watch whatever they want to watch?

March 27th, 2023House debate

Lisa HepfnerLiberal