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Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I sleep very well at night knowing that New Democrats are in this place fighting for regular Canadians while the Bloc continues to stop support for even the people of Quebec. Shame. I also want to note that the Conservatives will not rise once to ask about this issue, because they know exactly what is happening in provinces run by Conservatives.

February 16th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that is precisely why we are here today. As a matter of fact, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs is in my home province of Alberta right now, in Calgary, meeting with the Province of Alberta. I call on the government to make a phone call, demand that we ensure publicly administered, publicly accessible health care is in that deal and make sure Danielle Smith follows it.

February 16th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, today we are talking about health care, something that Canadians value. Our health care system is the very backbone of our social safety net, no matter who we are, how much we make, where we live or in what circumstances we may find ourselves. It is the core value that Canadians right across the country praise, and it is at risk today.

February 16th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to start with the fact that, yes, it is New Democrats' dream to one day see a universally administered, universally accessible health care system in this country. If that is our dream, we are the Bloc Québécois's nightmare because this piece of legislation, this work and the funding models that need to be put in place are the kinds of things Canadians expect from coast to coast to coast.

February 16th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for what I think is an important intervention. I will agree with him in some part that this is an important moment for Canadians. Hopefully, this bill allows us the time to contemplate what the important steps will be to ensure that we listen to community members.

February 15th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I just align with one of my colleagues, the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby, in relation to doing everything we can for those who may be suffering before it gets to the point of an application for medical assistance in dying. Earlier today, for example, one of our colleagues gathered folks who were suffering from immense pain and living day by day, not knowing what to do.

February 15th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague, who often speaks in this place about the need for justice and the need to ensure that those who are left behind actually get support. I often find myself thinking about solutions. New Democrats have tabled solutions to fix one of the core drivers of the mental health crisis in Canada, which is poverty.

February 15th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I asked my Conservative colleague, who spoke just prior to this colleague of mine, the same question I will ask him. It is in relation to trying to deter one of the main contributors to the mental health crisis in Canada, and his colleagues have mentioned this all day, which is poverty.

February 13th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, in light of this important bill, there is a need to push it to a place where the government and members of this House have an opportunity to hear more. We need to ensure that those who are desperate, in need and seeking the kind of support that mental health supports can provide them actually have those resources and can get them without seeking MAID.

February 13th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for what I believe is an important intervention and intersection between health care, mental health and this bill. Of course, it is no secret that Canadians from coast to coast to coast are enduring an incredible level of poverty. Poverty is one of the driving forces that contribute to folks' mental health and the fact that they cannot see a light at the end of that tunnel when they fall behind.

February 13th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of folks across the Prairies, particularly in Alberta, who have had bad dealings with oil companies. Oil companies have abandoned their contaminated assets and have left vulnerable families, like the Jessa family in my home province of Alberta, with the bill.

February 10th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, millions of Canadians are grappling with the reality of our country's colonial past and present, but our institutions are not, and this House is the worst among them. Yesterday I sat at the public accounts committee and listened to the Auditor General plead with the government to finally do what is right and end the systemic racism present in the federal prison system.

February 10th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for what I think is a really important moment for Conservatives, and I hope they are listening. They are acknowledging the fact that climate change is real. That is a good place to start. In this place, I seek a consensus, I hope, on issues that are affecting everyday Canadians, and one of them is the environment.

February 7th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Health  Mr. Speaker, that answer may be good enough for wealthy investors, but it is not good enough for those waiting in line at Alberta's ERs. Tomorrow, the Prime Minister is sitting down with the premiers, and that includes Alberta premier Danielle Smith, an advocate for slashing the public health care system, while this winter Edmonton's children's hospital was being overwhelmed.

February 6th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to federal government investments in housing, for each fiscal year since 2015-16: (a) what was the total amount of federal funding spent on housing in the city of Edmonton; (b) what was the total amount of federal funding spent on housing in the federal riding of Edmonton Griesbach; (c) how much funding was allocated to each of the following programs and initiatives in the city of Edmonton (i) the Rental Construction Financing initiative, (ii) Proposal Development Funding, (iii) Investment in Affordable Housing, (iv) Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, (v) nonprofit on-reserve funding, (vi) prepayment, (vii) Reno & Retrofit CMHC, (viii) renovation programs on reserve, (ix) retrofit on-reserve and seed funding; (d) how much funding was allocated to each of the following programs and initiatives in the federal riding of Edmonton Griesbach (i) the Rental Construction Financing initiative, (ii) Proposal Development Funding, (iii) Investment in Affordable Housing, (iv) Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, (v) nonprofit on-reserve funding, (vi) prepayment, (vii) Reno & Retrofit CMHC, (viii) renovation programs on-reserve, (ix) retrofit on-reserve and seed funding; (e) how much federal funding was allocated to housing subsidies in the city of Edmonton for (i) nonprofit on-reserve housing, (ii) co-operative housing, (iii) Urban Native Housing, (iv) non-profit housing, (v) index linked, (vi) mortgage co-operatives, (vii) rent geared to income, (viii) and Federal Community Housing Initiative; (f) how much federal funding was allocated to housing subsidies in the federal riding of Edmonton Griesbach for (i) nonprofit on-reserve housing, (ii) co-operative housing, (iii) Urban Native Housing, (iv) nonprofit housing, (v) index linked, (vi) mortgage co-operatives, (vii) rent geared to income, (viii) Federal Community Housing Initiative; (g) what was the total amount of federal housing funding distributed as grants in the city of Edmonton; (h) what was the total amount of federal housing funding distributed as grants in the federal riding of Edmonton Griesbach; (i) what was the total amount of federal housing funding distributed as loans in the city of Edmonton; and (j) what was the total amount of federal housing funding distributed as loans in the federal riding of Edmonton Griesbach?

January 30th, 2023House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP