Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely. As I was saying, we're in 400 communities, so we encourage everyone in this room to reach out and visit with their local Salvation Army footprint—

Status of Women committee  We need increased investment in that space, absolutely. We don't want individuals to stagnate in their survival process. Once they have reached out for help, if there's not continuous momentum, there is a real danger that they will go back to their abuser. That's why we need to have the supply, so that they can move quickly through.

Business of Supply  Together with this program, CRISM would further expand through the creation of an indigenous engagement platform to expand the reach and impact of CRISM's engagement with first nations, Inuit and Métis people, including urban indigenous communities. We have a number of programs in place to continue to fund research and find scientific, evidence-based solutions to the opioid crisis, which is killing far too many Canadians every day.

International Trade committee  Domestic consumers also have to compete to purchase those minerals but they get to do so on preferred terms and they also have access to the stockpile through long-term contracts. After the reserve reaches its target size, it continues to function as a clearing house but also as a stabilization mechanism. Stabilization occurs by allowing the reserve to sell a little more when prices go up and to buy a little more when prices go down.

Environment committee  In March, the Bank of Canada's deputy governor said it was time to “break the glass” on productivity, warning us that Canada's lagging productivity had reached an emergency level. Against this economic backdrop, the effects of climate change are undeniably upon us. The last 12 months have been the hottest in recorded history. Last winter was 5.2°C warmer than historic norms, and 2023 marked our worst wildfire season.

Status of Women committee  It is an incredible act of bravery to seek protection from abuse. We must ensure that the act of reaching out in itself does not deter or retraumatize the individuals. Healing from coercive abuse requires long-term, continuous support services. Every step in this process increases the risk these women face.

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  We expect, in the very short term, to be advancing opportunities to set up the organization nationally that will help run some of these programs as we continue to fund distinctions-based organizations that are supporting members of their community who may no longer be in community.

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  At the same time, we have to recognize that people who live in communities like mine, who do not have an opportunity necessarily to ride public transit and have to endure longer commutes to the office or to their work site, should not be faced with higher costs unnecessarily. The delays that we have seen from the Conservatives on this bill are denying access to the doubling of that rural top-up.

Jean Ip Foundation  The foundation began awarding annual scholarships through local school districts to students in British Columbia. Today, the Jean Ip Foundation has expanded its mission with a scholarship program that reaches across Canada, offering up to $10,000 to financially disadvantaged students. With this expansion, the Jean Ip Foundation reinforces its commitment to making higher education more accessible and affordable.

Business of Supply  If someone splits the pill in half and accidentally takes the half that has two-thirds of the fentanyl in it, they will overdose. Thus, the first problem that would be solved is that people would no longer have to go to organized crime to get their drugs. In my view, they should be able to go to a pharmacy, which is a place in our society where dangerous regulated drugs are sold. They should be able to go to a professional dispenser, which is a pharmacist, and they should be able at least to access the drugs that they need with their own money through the pharmacy, if they are going to get them at all.

Natural Resources committee  We know that, for example, the European Union has put a price on pollution, and they've stated that they will no longer trade, at a certain point, with countries that don't have a price on pollution. What are the consequences to us of not moving to a net-zero grid, and what are the advantages?

Environment committee  These costs have real consequences for households and business owners. For example, a major lender recently announced that it would no longer accept new mortgages for homes in high-risk flood zones. The consequences of such decisions on the value of residential housing, which for many households is the main asset, could prove quite dire.

Science and Research committee  This funding includes travel, and it includes expenses for people to get to those expensive-to-reach places.

Business of Supply  The article goes on to say: evidence of a fragmenting, even breaking, system abounds: Demoralized police no longer cite addicts to get them into treatment and at least some NGOs view the effort as less about treatment and more about framing lifetime drug use as a right. The number of Portuguese adults who reported prior use of illicit adult drugs rose from 7.8% in 2001 to 12.8% in 2022 — still below European averages but a significant rise nonetheless.

International Trade committee  In concrete terms, this means that statistical data on metal imports, which help determine how much metal comes from Russia or China, for example, have not been available or visible since 2021. This category is called “other”. There's no longer any information on this type of metal, which, as we know very well, crossed the Mexican border in various forms at the time. Canada and the United States are demanding that Mexico put in place a system similar to the otherwise very robust one that Canada put in place in 2019.