Women and Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank the good people of Port Moody—Coquitlam for electing me as one of the 103 women in this House. This pandemic has been hard on women, and the increased burden of unpaid work has caused too many to leave the workforce to take on child care and home sc

Flooding in British Columbia  Mr. Speaker, before I ask my question, I want to recognize Port Moody firefighters, Coquitlam firefighters, Port Moody police, Coquitlam RCMP and the volunteer organization of Coquitlam Search and Rescue for their work to bring stranded people to safety in Abbotsford. As we face

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Madam Speaker, congratulations on your reappointment as the Assistant Deputy Speaker. I have heard a lot of comments today about what is happening here in this House. I just want to say that at this moment the effects of this ongoing pandemic are playing out on the backs of wome

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Mr. Speaker, up to one-quarter of adult Canadians live with a disability that does not allow them to lift hay or farm in fields, yet they do work. They work in every area of our economy. Does the member acknowledge that work does not mean physical labour, physical ability or phy

Housing  Mr. Speaker, after six years of the Trudeau government, one in three Canadians cannot afford to buy a home. In my riding, most of the new housing is luxury condos. A home should not be a privilege accessible to only the wealthiest. We need truly affordable housing, housing that i

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, the voters of Port Moody—Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra have bestowed their faith in me to work on their behalf in the House. I am grateful for their trust and I am here to serve them. I stand on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I stand here as a member who is happy to know that many people received the help they needed with the push for $500 a week on the CERB when it first came out, but right now there are people who are still suffering. Even in my own community they are out every day, eve

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, we have been very clear on this side of the House that we need to be helping people right now, and we are supporting the measures that work for people.

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I want to relay the stories out my very own community around workers who are not feeling safe to go to work. As a mother in my community, I talk to a lot of mothers, and many did not have the opportunity to have their children vaccinated, but they had to go to work

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, the hon. member stated that some businesses are not struggling anymore. Some businesses never did. Throughout this pandemic there were businesses that made outsized profits, pandemic profits. For those businesses, is the government open to additional taxation on a

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Burnaby South for bringing the urgency to the House and highlighting the realities of people in our communities. You spoke of fear and uncertainty, and I certainly see that in my riding of Port Moody—Coquitlam. People are worried about their

House debate  Mr. Chair, as this is a take-note debate, I want to ask about a gender lens on these negotiations. However, before I do that, I will recognize the skills of the Quebec forestry and mill workers who came to my riding in the early 1900s to start the Fraser mill, which is no longer

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, as a mother, I want to thank the hon. member for her words. We do not hear enough of this in the chamber. However, I certainly hear a lot in my riding about mothers who work essential, frontline work with non-traditional hours. I thank the member's constituents for

Housing  Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk in the House about housing supply. Across the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, up to 25% of newly built luxury condos are sitting vacant and homes, including older housing co-ops and purpose-built rental apartments that have served ou

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I remember the minister coming to my community for an opening, for a photo opportunity, and the government came in at the very last minute, at the 11th hour of that project, with a loan. After almost five years of negotiation with local partners, with non-profits, wi