The Budget  Madam Speaker, I work with my hon. colleague on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, where we just finished a housing study. In regard to housing, I know he talked about home ownership. One of the

The Budget  Madam Speaker, while the Liberal government fails to go after the ultra wealthy and those profiteering off the pandemic, it is choosing to go after individuals living in poverty who accepted the CERB payment, often due to lack of clarity by the government when it rolled out the p

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the payment of a one-off sum of up to $300 per child and the subsequent temporary change in the formula for calculating the Canada Child Benefit: (a) has the government assessed the additional number of families who would receive the payment whose net family income

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the compliance monitoring of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy since its inception, broken down by level of risk of non-compliance with tax laws and by industry sector: (a) how many applications have been (i) approved, (ii) denied; (b) of the applications in (a), h

The Budget  Madam Speaker, what we have learned during the pandemic is that, when we do not look after all people and when we fail to address social inequality and inequities, we place the whole population at risk. People are falling through the cracks. We know this. It is exacerbating the s

Child Care  Mr. Speaker, after 28 years of broken promises, the Liberal government announced plans to invest $30 billion into a national child care program. Today, I want to thank organizations such as Child Care Now and the Child Care Coalition of Manitoba for their efforts in this long f

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, last week, the member for Winnipeg North sponsored a charter-violating petition for Mr. Tataryn, former president of the Manitoba Liberal Party and retired police officer, who is attempting to limit any criticism of police by making changes to the Criminal Code. The

Digital Charter Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree with her, we absolutely need to protect people's data. I have the same sorts of concerns with the current government. I had the same concerns with the former Conservative government, as well, because it also failed to act and now people's private information

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to remind the House that Canada has signed on to international human rights obligations. We are signatories to human rights in the international community, yet the government has wilfully and intentionally violated the minimum human rights of indigenou

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to say that indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, allies, need to unite. We need to unite. The bill is not perfect. It requires amendments, but it is a starting point. We need to stop fighting against ensuring that indigenous peoples have minimum huma

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act  Madam Speaker, it provides us with another legal tool that we can use to protect indigenous rights in this country, which include treaties, international law, domestic law and indigenous law. It provides us with another legal tool we can use to affirm our rights. It does not take

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act  Madam Speaker, it is important to recognize that there has been a normalization in this country of violating the rights of indigenous peoples, as we have seen globally. We need to move beyond decision-making that is made only when it suits our economic and political interests and

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act  Mr. Speaker, it is such an honour to rise today to speak to this very important bill. I would like to start with commending all those who spent so many decades drafting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the grassroots, leadership and civil soc

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act  Mr. Speaker, going back to my last point, the government promised to put forward the bill last year. Now, in the eleventh hour, it is being forced to put in a time allocation. I question if the bill really is a priority for the current government in the way that Liberals keep pus

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act  Mr. Speaker, it concerns me because we had the first half of debate for second reading a couple of months ago yet the government continues to stall debate, and now once again we are forced into time allocation. I am wondering why the government has put off this bill knowing that