Committees of the House   a crisis of recruitment and retention, yet the government has pressed ahead with the rent increase. I wonder if the member would like to comment and connect these seemingly small things with the near-catastrophic state that our national defence is in right now.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am confused and actually troubled by part of the tone of the member's speech. I am quite aligned with the member on most of the underlying issues. The housing crisis in our armed forces is one we agree on. I do not understand why she used such bizarre terminology

Committees of the House   passed at the Standing Committee on National Defence about the incredibly out-of-touch decision to raise rents for on-base housing in the midst of a recruitment and retention crisis. As the New Democratic Party's spokesperson for National Defence, I have been fighting every day

The Budget   of the red dress alert. However, we were disappointed to see the very modest budget commitment to that service. By comparison, the 988 suicide crisis helpline received $156 million over three years for implementation. The commitment in the budget for the red dress alert is $1.3 million

The Budget  ; and on affordability, with a particular focus on housing. It is with respect to those priorities that I rise today and focus the contents of my speech with regard to this budget. With the environment, there is no doubt that we are at a crisis level, both here in the country and globally. Smoke

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act   is no match for the climate crisis and that although there has been a slight 7% decline in greenhouse gas emissions since 2005, most of that has to do with the economic slowdown that occurred during the COVID‑19 pandemic. Without that, the decline would not even be possible. If we managed

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, one item that young people have been calling my office about, and that I have heard about across the country, is in relation to this affordability and climate crisis. They presented a solution, which is the youth climate corps. It would put into action the very real

Bill S-212 An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to repeal a regulation

6.3(2) and (9)) 26 Schedule 3 to the Act is repealed. Clause 26 : Text of Schedule 3: SCHEDULE 3 (Subsections 4(3.1) and (5)) Cannabis Offences 1 Offences (a) under subsection 4(4) or (5) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act , as it read from time to time before October 17

Mental Health and Addictions  Mr. Speaker, the opioid crisis is terrible and is wreaking havoc across the country. However, what is required in terms of a response is not more Conservative ideology. We need responses that are rooted in compassion and based on health care, science and proven processes. We

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I find it tragic that governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan, in the wake of the opioid crisis, are seeing the highest rise in the death rate in Canada in those two provinces. In Saskatchewan it is a 23% increase. I am surprised the member is unaware of this. He

Grocery Industry   plans that would reduce the cost of living by reducing the cost of housing and solving the housing crisis. We have a plan to launch a national school food program to make sure that hungry kids have food on the table.

Mental Health and Addictions  Mr. Speaker, I am a minister. I am a Toronto MP. I am Toronto mother. I know, as everyone in the House should, that the opioid crisis is a tragedy and that there are no families in Canada that are untouched by it. The B.C. pilot project was requested by B.C., and B.C. has

Mental Health and Addictions  Mr. Speaker, the minister is correct. The Liberals partnered with the provincial NDP to create a crisis of unprecedented proportions that led to people dying due to the government's radical policy. After nine years, the Liberal-NDP government is flooding the market with free

Climate Change   the climate crisis?

Mental Health and Addictions  Mr. Speaker, the opioid crisis is affecting communities and families across this country, and it is a tragedy. That is why the B.C. government approached the federal government for a three-year pilot program. B.C. communities are facing extremely serious challenges. People