Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Some 900,000 Quebeckers visit a food bank every month because they can no longer pay for their groceries, a direct consequence of this Liberal Bloc government's decisions, of its desire and its ideological determination to impose a carbon tax on pretty much everything.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The country's health system is on the brink of a total collapse, with 70% to 80% of health facilities no longer operational. A real threat of disease outbreaks looms, as the national immunization program has been disrupted since the conflict began. Our teams administered the last vials of vaccines weeks ago, and no new supplies have reached the areas where they are critically needed.

Business of Supply  This trivialization is unacceptable and will not be tolerated any longer. The Liberal government must also understand that not everyone is nice, that not everyone is telling the truth and that the interference is real. To get to the bottom of things, some explanations are in order.

Housing  According to the Assembly of First Nations, the infrastructure gap stands at almost $350 billion. With Inuit and Métis, this number reaches over $425 billion. Of that, $135 billion is just for housing. We urgently need to build more than 150,000 new homes, as well as repairing 55,000 existing homes. These are astronomical numbers that will require generational investments to achieve.

Housing  I also want to acknowledge that I am standing on the unceded traditional territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin people. The negative impacts of the legacies of colonialism are numerous and wide-reaching for indigenous peoples. Poor housing conditions, overcrowding and homelessness are just a few of the lasting impacts of the historic mistreatment and persistent racism indigenous peoples experience.

Health committee  Thank you, Dr. Nadler. I'm sorry, Dr. Gordon. We have reached—

Human Resources committee  This report found that in the province of Quebec, 74% of those surveyed said food security was a challenge they had faced in the last year; 3. A recent report from Food Banks Canada indicates that “Canada has reached a critical turning point as poverty and food insecurity worsen in every corner of the country”; 4. This report also expresses concern regarding the design of the Canada Disability Benefit, saying, “its proposed structure falls far short of the expectations that the government itself created and of the consensus among disability advocates”; The committee recognizes and reports to the House that Canada is facing a rapidly worsening affordability, housing, and food insecurity crisis.

Human Resources committee  We know, as we've heard over and over in this committee and from our constituents, that we're in a housing crisis. We know that having a place to call home should not be out of reach for Canadians, and we know that after nine years, and after this Trudeau government promised to lower the price of housing, rents and mortgages have doubled instead of going down. CMHC has said that to maintain current home prices, which are already too high, Canada has to increase homebuilding by 50%.

Health committee  Just to clarify, the overall incidence of breast cancer in the Black community is less than average, but it does occur younger and the prognosis is poorer, as you said. I also want to reach out to Laila and say that I'm absolutely so sorry that this happened to you. What we don't know is whether screening would have changed that outcome or not. We simply don't know. Screening helps some people, but it doesn't help everybody.

Human Resources committee  Very simply, without the RCFI and the apartment construction loan program, we would not have started the buildings that are under way today. The CMHC has been very good about reaching out and consulting within the development industry, and talking to and connecting with apartment managers, such as us. It has been very consultative. That being said, there remain improvements and tweaks that could and should be made, which I believe will continue to have a very impactful result in bringing new supply to market.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. The Parliamentary Budget Officer's report on the government's homelessness program, the Reaching Home program, found that since 2018, the number of homeless Canadians has increased by 20%. Does this increase reflect the homeless numbers that your organization is seeing as well?

Human Resources committee  They have point-in-time counts, but in my mind, that isn't the most accurate approach, but they are good for what they are. The other thing that I think is important is the federal government's Reaching Home is a program; it's not a strategy. The challenge the Auditor General highlighted, which I think is accurate, is that the government's homelessness goal wasn't matched with their housing plan.

Business of Supply  The government must show that it understands the beauty of a minority government. A minority government sits down, negotiates and engages in discussion in order to reach a consensus. In this case, the consensus is for the well-being of our democratic future.

Business of Supply  That is why it is important to sit down together, because the beauty of a minority government is that we can take the time to negotiate and discuss before finally reaching a consensus that will truly and fully protect democracy and our constituents.

Natural Resources committee  This is why programs like NRCan's smart renewables and electrification pathways program need to consider how green hydrogen is helping us get off coal and reach shared federal and provincial goals to secure a renewable future. We ask parliamentarians and officials alike to ensure these programs are created with the flexibility required to hit the targets we've set to banish coal to the dustbin of history.