Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, during the pandemic, we saw a shadow pandemic, a significant increase in domestic violence. Over the past few weeks, the tragedies that occurred in Quebec have reminded us of the sad reality that many women face. Over the past seven weeks, we have lost seven women

Canada Elections Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to Bill C-19, the election in a pandemic bill. What I would say at the outset is that Canadians do not want an election in a pandemic. The only people who want an election in a pandemic are the Liberals, because they are putting

Business of Supply   of the motion is to support the authority of committees in their important inquiries of public interest with instructions to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics regarding questions of conflict of interest in relation to pandemic spending, and to the Standing

Business of Supply   pandemic and this past year has been extremely difficult for our seniors in care, their families and the front-line workers in the long-term care community. We know that COVID-19 has led to too many families having to say goodbye much too early and that some families were not even

Opposition Motion—Plan for Reopening the Economy  Mr. Speaker, a year ago, Quebec and Canada were hit hard by the COVID‑19 pandemic. I clearly remember Premier Legault's and the Liberal Prime Minister's press conferences. They were daily events that everyone tuned in to religiously to hear about how the coronavirus would

Gender-Based Violence   within myself, my family, my circle of friends and my community, what I keep coming back to is the incredible toll this last year of being in the pandemic and working together for the collective good has taken. It has been so important, but it has come at such a price to our mental

Business of Supply  . Canada has fallen massively behind other countries in how we have dealt with this pandemic. We were slow to close the borders, we were behind on things like PPE and rapid tests and now we are behind on vaccines. We have spent the most for a country of our size, but we all know we have

Business of Supply   or excuses. Canadians deserve a plan, they deserve certainty, and our country, now more than ever, needs action. Today we are talking about specific supports for the workers hardest hit by the pandemic. In Oshawa, some of the hardest-hit people are those in the tourism and hospitality

Health  Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General report on pandemic preparedness found that it was the Liberal government that shuttered the global pandemic monitoring system and left Canada vulnerable. The audit also found that the Public Health Agency relied on a risk assessment tool

Business of Supply   of the pandemic and later with attempts to get refunds for trips that would no longer be taken. There are over 24,000 travel agents in Canada, over 75% of whom are women. Around 90% of travel agents are currently laid off. Many earn their income entirely by commission and are faced

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I am extremely pleased to be participating in this very important debate today on a motion that requests the government to include help in the next budget to support workers and their families who are struggling during this pandemic, resulting in the economic

Employment   a budget for two years. That is two years without a financial plan for Canadians during a pandemic. People are looking for hope, optimism and a safe return to work. The government has sat on its hands and not brought forward that safe plan. When I asked the finance minister when would

Business of Supply   have experienced dealing with the COVID pandemic. We all need to wake up and understand that we have to push forward with proposing solutions. I am very pleased that the NDP has decided to use one of its precious supply days bringing this issue forward to the House of Commons

Business of Supply  , of making sure that travellers can finally get their money back. The question we need to ask, and the question that all Canadians are asking, is the following: What are the government and companies doing for us? This is our first pandemic. Most of us had never lived through something

Gender-Based Violence   of violence against women did not start with the COVID-19 pandemic. It certainly did not, and there are many root causes. However, she also said that the situation has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the issues may be the kind of isolation some people have experienced