Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, last week, the independent investigation unit of Manitoba cleared the police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson of any charges. The police officer was not questioned, provided a statement and that was the end of it. Police violence wi

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, during the pandemic there was a lot of rhetoric around having to get back to work with respect to being in the House of Commons, a push back against the hybrid sittings. For me, I was busy working. I have had a number of urgent matters to deal with in my riding durin

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I agree with my hon. colleague as I really did enjoy the five-minute question and comment period. My question relates to women in politics. We have had to adjust very quickly during the pandemic, including doing things like remote voting and holding online committee

International Holocaust Remembrance Day  Mr. Speaker, today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and with deep love, I honour my grandmother. I adored my grandmother, a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and a woman of courage who gave up my father into hiding during the war, which saved his life. It

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, happy new year. I know my hon. colleague spoke a lot about work. I, too, support the ability for Canadians to get jobs; however, we know that a lot of people are unable to work. I will give an example: 70% of adults with severe intellectual disabilities who are unabl

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I really appreciate my colleague's comments regarding the people who are being impacted by the pandemic. One example is flight attendants. We know many are out of work. Through no fault of their own, people are losing their jobs right now, and their livelihoods and

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, although my hon. colleague speaks about nobody being left behind, in my riding of Winnipeg Centre, we currently have cases of trench fever, a disease of extreme poverty, occurring in the middle of a pandemic. I would also like to remind him of other people who have

Health  Mr. Speaker, prior to Christmas, cases of trench fever were found in my riding. This is a disease of extreme poverty. That is abhorrent, and it is a result of the long-standing lack of investment. Our front-line organizations have the ability to address the needs of our community

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I would like to wish my hon. colleague a happy new year. He spoke a lot about debt. I want to speak with him about people who have been left behind: people with disabilities, seniors, students, and indigenous people. Although, like the member, we need to certainl

Housing  Mr. Speaker, yesterday my motion calling on the government to make greater investments into housing shelterless individuals passed with unanimous consent. In the last two months in Winnipeg Centre, four cases of trench fever have been diagnosed. This is a disease not seen in Cana

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the very heartfelt sharing. I know that this is a difficult topic, and many of us have experienced these life and death situations in our own lives, so I want to acknowledge that. I do have a question, though, and it goes back to dignity.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party has spoken a lot about dignity, but when I ask questions about providing a guaranteed liveable basic income, something being fought for and supported by the disability community to ensure people can live in dignity and have those choices, I am

Housing  Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That, given that COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted people who are homeless or unhoused, the House call upon the government, while respecting the jurisdiction of Queb

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I think we can all agree that there is a history in this country of human rights violations against those in the the disability community. It has been mentioned by Conservative colleagues many times today. My question is this: Because of that, do they support the

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to make a correction. The hon. member spoke a lot about mental health, but the bill explicitly states, in paragraph (2.1), “For the purposes of paragraph (2)?(a), a mental illness is not considered to be an illness, disease or disability.” Then, if we go “Sa