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Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I think we could do that by providing shelters and places that are safe, such as safe houses, where women can go and be free from violence. Here I mean all women, not just women who suffer from domestic violence. I think that is the first thing we can do. However, as I said before, that is a band-aid.

March 25th, 2021House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I am so glad we are having this debate tonight. I think it has long been overdue. I heard a lot of people speak. All of them were passionate and really cared about what they were saying, but I want to make a statement: COVID did not cause violence against women. It exacerbated it and exposed it, but violence against women is pervasive.

March 25th, 2021House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Violence against Women  Mr. Speaker, I want to bring to the attention of this House that COVID-19 is not a gender-neutral crisis. It has exposed an alarming rise in domestic and societal violence against women, especially ethnic, racial, and LGBTQ2+ minorities, nowhere more so than on social media platforms and nowhere more so than against women politicians and journalists.

March 24th, 2021House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, as a family physician, I know that gun violence is a public health issue that affects cities and small towns across Canada. Last month alone, there were three fatal gang shootings over three nights in Vancouver. We must end the gun violence and criminal activity. In 2019, we passed a bill expanding background checks for prospective gun buyers.

February 17th, 2021House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Regional Economic Development  Mr. Speaker, B.C. is the western maritime province with strong links to the Asia-Pacific. We also have a unique, diverse and vibrant economy. Therefore, I welcome our government’s proposal to create the specific B.C. regional development agency. Could the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages tell the House more about our plan to implement this new B.C. regional development agency?

February 4th, 2021House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Peter Jepson-Young  Mr. Speaker, on World AIDS Day, I honour a Canadian hero, who, 30 years ago, turned tragedy into hope. During the AIDS pandemic, Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, a young Vancouver physician, contracted AIDS. Instead of submitting to fear, he chose to shed a light on the deadly disease through a CBC series, the Dr.

December 1st, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I know how our Prime Minister feels about Bill 101, and I am not here to talk about that right now. In our Speech from the Throne, the Prime Minister said very clearly that the Government of Canada has a responsibility to ensure the French language inside and outside of Quebec is promoted, and it is assured we are going to tell the stories outside and inside Quebec.

November 19th, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to say that I am not concerned. Specifically this bill, as the member would understand if he had read it carefully, does not apply to the mom-and-pops or the guy in his mother's garage doing whatever they need to do. This applies to international megabusinesses that are making money by entering everyone's homes without any regulation whatsoever.

November 19th, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, that is a very important question the hon. member is asking. In fact, in our 2017 House of Commons heritage report, we pointed out that level playing field with regard to GST and HST being levelled against Canadian media and Canadian content, and not being levelled against the Internet giants.

November 19th, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Lac-Saint-Louis. I am happy to speak to this particular bill because it would really bring us into the 21st century. As everyone has said, it was in 1991 that we amended the Broadcasting Act and we have done nothing about it since, so I am happy to speak to this amendment of the Broadcasting Act.

November 19th, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, it has recently come to public attention that the Conservative Party is paying for anti-abortion advertising on Vancouver public transit. Women's History Month ended on Saturday. It is disheartening to see the official opposition actively attempt to limit the reproductive rights of Canadian women.

November 2nd, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, that is a very thoughtful question. One thing we must understand is that palliative care is for people who are terminally ill and whose death is foreseeable. They know they are going to die from a terminal disease. However, this bill is also about the Carter decision by the Supreme Court.

October 21st, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, many medical practitioners are concerned about the inequity of access in rural communities and isolated communities. However, we now have telemedicine and the ability to reach out to get an opinion from a person who has expertise in the condition. That can go on for a period of time so that a patient can have access to the kinds of decisions that can be made with telemedicine.

October 21st, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, that is a very important question. Here is why an advance directive is important. If the father would have had an advance directive written with his physician as a doctor-patient written directive, then no one would be able to overturn it. However, this physician obviously felt he knew better and overruled the patient's desire to die with dignity.

October 21st, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I am really pleased to speak to this bill, Bill C-7, in its current form, mostly because I did not support the original bill, Bill C-14, from four years ago. I did not support it because I felt that it did not reflect the intent of the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in Carter.

October 21st, 2020House debate

Hedy FryLiberal