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Affordable Housing and Groceries Act Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Winnipeg North. I rise today to speak at second reading to Bill C-56, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act; also known as the affordable housing and groceries act. I believe this is an importa
September 25th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Government Business No. 26—Amendments to the Standing Orders Madam Speaker, I agree that there are a lot of advantages to being here together to make sure we serve our constituents, but my question is this: What would he say for those members who, God forbid, have to go through health challenges? Back in February 2018, I was diagnosed wit
June 15th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Islamophobia Mr. Speaker, two years ago, on June 6, in London, Ontario, we lost the Afzaal family to an act of Islamophobic terrorism. Out for a walk in the community they called home, they were targeted for their faith. It hit Muslims hard because it could have been any one of us. Islamoph
June 8th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Filipino Heritage Month Mr. Speaker, June is Filipino Heritage Month in Canada and I would like to wish a happy Filipino Heritage Month to Canada’s Filipino community. This past weekend, I attended the Filipino Canadian National Congress convention in Halifax with the member for Halifax West, and I wa
June 5th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 16th report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, entitled “Asylum-Seekers at Canada's Border”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a compr
May 16th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I have heard concerns from many constituents and members of the Pakistani community in Canada about processing times for temporary resident visas for Pakistani applicants. Currently the IRCC website gives a wait time of 802 days, compared to a few weeks for nearby co
May 11th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Taste of Manila Mr. Speaker, May is Asian Heritage Month and I would like to recognize the organizers of the Taste of Manila festival in Toronto. Spearheaded by Rolly Mangante and other leaders in the local Filipino community, the first Taste of Manila street festival to showcase Filipino cultu
May 9th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise to present petition e-4340. It was signed by 913 Canadians, and they call our attention to the devastating earthquakes that occurred in February in Syria and Turkey. The earthquakes left thousands of people dead, injured or without homes and destroyed critical
May 4th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act moved for leave to introduce Bill C-331, An Act to amend the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act (duty of candour). Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table my private member's bill, Bill C-331, an act to amend the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act on duty of candour.
May 2nd, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, since we came to power in 2015, certain measures that we have taken are really helping to make a difference. They include the Canada child benefit, $10-a-day child care and programs to make sure that we provide more support to students. When I talk to people in my yo
April 25th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, housing is a really important issue for my constituents. We believe in a long-term approach to housing. We have a national housing strategy, which is based on a 10-year plan for building more affordable housing for Canadians. In the budget, we are building on that.
April 25th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, housing is an issue that one government cannot resolve. As the federal government, we are working with provinces and municipalities to make sure that we build more affordable housing. In budget 2023, we have taken some measures to make sure we build more affordable
April 25th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for her concern in making sure that Canadians have access to affordable housing. Housing is not something that we could resolve in one or two years. Since we came to power in 2015, we have worked on building a national housing strateg
April 25th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I always welcome the opportunity to rise in this place on behalf of the good people of Scarborough Centre. Today, I rise to speak to a very important piece of legislation, the budget implementation act, which I believe contains a host of measures that speak to the co
April 25th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal
Labour Mr. Speaker, 10 years ago today, on April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring even more. That incident brought to light the inhuman conditions in which many workers around the world still work today. It reminds us that we ha
April 24th, 2023House debate
Salma ZahidLiberal