Don Davies

[The Budget, November 6th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, it is increasingly clear that the government's budget fails to deliver the transformational change promised and fails to meet the moment. It fails to provide any relief right now to the millions of Canadians suffering through an affordability crisis. Sixty per cent are having trouble meeting their monthly expenses. Half are using credit cards or borrowing money for daily needs, paying interest rates of 19% or more.

Why did the Liberals fail to provide concrete measures to help the millions of Canadians who need help now?

[Health, October 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says he wants to make generational investments in nation-building projects. New Democrats agree. We also know that a healthy economy is a healthy workforce.

The NDP pioneered dental care and pharmacare because they deliver essential primary health care to Canadians. We believe every Canadian should have head-to-toe health care regardless of their ability to pay.

Will the Liberals acknowledge that universal public health care is nation building and reflect that principle in their budget next week?

[The Economy, October 29th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians are suffering one of the worst affordability crises in generations. Sixty per cent of them are having trouble meeting their monthly expenses; half are using credit cards or borrowing money for daily needs, paying interest rates of 19% or more; and food bank usage has doubled since 2019. People should not have to struggle like this in a country as wealthy as Canada.

What steps is the government taking to make sure Canadians do not have to go into debt just to feed their family?

[Committees of the House, October 28th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, the New Democrats agree to apply the results of the last vote to the current vote, with the New Democrats voting in favour.

[The Economy, October 21st, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians across the country are suffering from punishing high costs of daily essentials, such as food, housing and utilities. Grocery prices are sky-high, and rent is completely unaffordable, yet today's inflation numbers show the problem is getting worse, with food up 4%; rent is up 4.8% and 9.6% in Quebec.

Under the Liberals, life keeps getting harder for workers and their families. When will the government take the affordability crisis seriously, admit its policies are not working and take effective action to help?

[Flight Attendants’ Remunerations Act, October 21st, 2025]

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-250, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (flight attendants).

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to introduce the flight attendants' remunerations act.

I thank the hon. member for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie for seconding this bill and for his tireless advocacy for workers' rights.

The legislation addresses a long-standing injustice in Canada's airline industry: the widespread practice of having flight attendants do unpaid work. Canadian flight attendants are currently expected to perform a range of essential duties without compensation when the aircraft is not in motion. This is unacceptable and must end. No one in Canada should be expected to work without pay.

The bill would require airlines to compensate flight attendants for all hours worked, including pre-flight, postflight and training time. It is about ensuring fairness and recognizing the critical role flight attendants play in keeping our vital air transport system moving and passengers safe.

I urge all members to support the bill and end unpaid work in the airline industry once and for all.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)

[Request for Emergency Debate, October 20th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to request an emergency debate on Stellantis' plan to shift production from its plant in Brampton, Ontario, to Illinois and what this means for Canadian workers, communities and our very economic independence. This follows the announcement of General Motors that it intends to lay off 2,000 workers at its Oshawa plant in January. In Brampton, 3,000 workers are affected.

It was shocking to hear news of Stellantis' betrayal. Make no mistake, this is a betrayal. It is a betrayal of the thousands of workers who are directly involved and the thousands more indirectly so. It is a betrayal of both provincial and federal governments and the taxpayers who had supported Stellantis in exchange for an explicit commitment to manufacture vehicles in Brampton. This decision will have major repercussions across the country.

Our economy is under under attack. Donald Trump has been clear that he wants to hurt our economy and extort companies to shift production from Canada to the United States. We cannot let that happen.

We already have record unemployment, particularly among young people. We have a jobs crisis. These attacks will only make life harder for workers and for families. As Unifor president, Lana Payne, said, “If Stellantis can get away with this [after making a direct pledge to government], what's stopping the next corporation?”

The Prime Minister was elected on a commitment to stand up to Donald Trump, but instead, we have seen concessions and a piecemeal approach, which has led directly to Stellantis' decision. It is imperative that parliamentarians be afforded an opportunity to discuss this attack and to discuss how to mobilize all available resources to meet the threat we face. Workers and communities deserve no less.

[Climate Change, October 10th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, higher unemployment for young people is not good news.

Yesterday, I met with the elbows up for climate coalition, a national group of mayors calling for federal investments to prevent and mitigate the ravages of climate change. They explained the real cost of failing to do so, from catastrophic destruction in such places as Jasper to the high cost of food because of crop failure and drought. Folks cannot get insurance, and they need help to retrofit their homes.

Will the government help their communities, take action on the climate and put young people to work through the NDP's Youth Climate Corps?

[Employment, October 10th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, September's job numbers are out, and it is more bad news. Unemployment remains at a 10-year high, and the situation is getting worse for young people, who face the highest unemployment rate since 2010.

One in six youth is out of work, with many more underemployed and unable to gain experience in their chosen careers. This is not only unfair to them, but it is damaging our economy as their skills and talents go untapped.

What is the government doing to address this unprecedented jobs crisis, especially for young Canadians?

[Employment, October 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, young Canadians do not need summer jobs; they need permanent jobs. The overlapping crises that Canadians currently face are not isolated problems; they are symptoms of an approach that is failing working people.

Now the Liberal government is threatening to make things worse with an austerity budget. That means cuts to the public services people rely on, fewer good jobs and less support for the people who need it most.

New Democrats will not support an austerity budget at a time of growing economic uncertainty, sky-high prices and rising unemployment. We need a federal budget that invests in people by creating good family-sustaining jobs, building millions of non-market affordable homes and strengthening our public health care system.

Will the hon. member and the Liberals work with New Democrats to invest in Canadians, or will they take a page from the Conservative playbook and introduce an austerity budget that deepens economic insecurity?