Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second is a petition on gender-based violence. It highlights that there are some who prefer a boy over a girl, and through the use of sex selection, women and girls are being discriminated against. They are calling upon Parliament to condemn discrimination

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present two petitions. The first is a petition from REAL Women, an organization of women and men who support faith-based groups that are being discriminated against. The petition is signed by hundreds of constituents, and it highlights the need

Human Resources committee   continues to age we need to prepare for the challenges that seniors, especially senior women, face. That's because women live longer. That's why budget 2018 proposes to provide $75 million through the Public Health Agency of Canada to support the healthy seniors pilot project. Dr. McRae

Salaries Act  . That starts with encouraging women and girls to get involved with politics much more than in the past. I am really excited seeing the pages here today; many of them are female. I could not do my job as a member of Parliament without my partner, my wife of 45 years, Diane. When I am

Latin American Heritage Month Act   this and to create an environment where Canadians have a future, not only this generation. I have five children and 10 grandchildren. I want to wish all the fathers a very happy Father's Day coming up. We have a responsibility as men and women in the House to create an environment where not only

Business of Supply   an example. There is a woodworking shop that wants to help women who are recovering from addiction. It is not going to be able to provide these jobs and training to these young women students, because they will not bow the knee to the Liberal ideology. That is wrong.

Privilege   Evangelical Free Church, Brookwood Baptist Church, North Langley Community Church, Willoughby Church, Riverside Calvary Chapel, Loft Country, Living Waters, and Power to Change. There was one additional group, which was providing jobs for recovering young women. It was teaching them how

Instruction to Committee on Bill C-243  . It also talks about listening to Canadian women who have chosen to have a baby and the challenges that they face. We have had two meetings so far, and the witnesses we heard from gave us a lot of important new information. We heard about the challenges that women face while pregnant

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I've had the incredible honour in my life to work with amazing women. I was raised by a very strong, wonderful, intelligent mother, and I married an incredible woman. Then in my career, I worked for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. I was an entrepreneur

Human Resources committee   that in addition to working with committees and opposition parties and members, you're to work with the President of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Minister of Infrastructure, the Minister of Status of Women—you've been promoted from

Human Resources committee   is at risk because they're in a high-risk vocation. The women I'm hearing from are saying that if a pregnancy is at risk, allow the person to take the 15 weeks, whatever works best for them. If they qualify for 15 weeks, why would they not? Why would you have to be a forklift driver

Cannabis Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for the incredible work she did previously as the minister for seniors. As I mentioned earlier, there are more women seniors in Canada than men seniors, and it is the largest-growing demographic in Canada. The previous government

Cannabis Act  Mr. Speaker, the previous government recognized the importance of representation for Canadian seniors. Uniquely, there are more Canadian seniors than youth. In the mix of Canadian seniors, there are more women than men. I was honoured that the member in front of me

Human Resources committee   in the last days of a national discussion on a national poverty reduction strategy, and we're preparing a report on that. Melodie, you've shared how you experienced poverty and that social network that is supposed to help you, help moms, and help women. We've also heard from Anna out

Human Resources committee  During the pregnancy, what are some of the costs that women may experience that they may need some help with? We heard that in the last few months of pregnancy it can be quite uncomfortable. I've heard of women needing help through physiotherapy or massage therapy or whatever