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Toronto—Danforth  Mr. Speaker, since this is my first time rising in the House, I would like to start by thanking the people of Toronto—Danforth for putting their trust in me. I also want to thank my family for supporting my decision to serve the voters in my riding. Happy Holidays. This is a sea

December 11th, 2015House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I would like to inform you that I will be splitting my time with the member for St. John's East. It is an honour to stand in the House at the beginning of week one in the new year to address my distinguished colleagues. I look forward to the year ahead of us as we

January 25th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, there are many ways to tackle issues of food security. I am particularly proud of the Canada child benefit, which is essentially a way of creating a guaranteed annual income for children. It is a way of ensuring that there will be more access to food on the table f

January 25th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, these are interesting questions. I was particularly excited to see in the mandate letter for the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food that food policy was the second issue listed as a priority. There will be a lot of opportunities for us to work together on th

January 25th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, a guaranteed income for children will allow them to have more opportunities to access nutritious food. It will allow them to pay attention in school and concentrate. It will allow them to have more opportunities. Having access to that basic need is exactly what wil

January 25th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, yesterday I rose in the House to talk about local food issues in my riding of Toronto—Danforth. Canadians are concerned about the negative effects of consuming high levels of sodium and trans fats in their prepared foods. Can the hon. Minister of Health please share

January 26th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her review of the history and for setting out what some of the problems are for women and pay equity. We heard from the Minister of Status of Women earlier today. She talked about our commitment to applying gender-based analysis going forwar

February 2nd, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her presentation about gender equity and parity. I particularly like the part where she suggested that we value all of our roles as women. In my own experience, as someone who practised law for a number years and then chose to raise my family f

February 2nd, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it has been wonderful to hear all of the speakers today. There is great support in the House for gender parity and the pay equity issue in the motion before us. I have heard some concerns from my friends across the aisle in the Conservative opposition about some

February 2nd, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Students in Toronto—Danforth  Mr. Speaker, since the new year began, many new Canadians have been arriving in our community from Syria, and students in my riding of Toronto—Danforth have been helping out. Canada is a welcoming country, and Canadians are warm-hearted. That is why students in grade schools ac

February 22nd, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, Canada is preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. In her mandate letter, the hon. Minister of Canadian Heritage was given the task of championing government-wide efforts to celebrate this important anniversary. Could the minister share with thi

February 25th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to the opposition's motion. However, I would like to begin by wishing everyone a happy International Women's Day. I would like to recognize all of the women in the House, all of the women members of Parliament from all parties, the women who wor

March 8th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, what is important to take into account when we are looking at this is that there is an important natural habitat for wildlife in the vicinity of this airport, and that is part of what we include as a city. A city is not just buildings. Therefore, it is very important

March 8th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Spadina—Fort York for asking that question because it hits on exactly what I am speaking about. There is a city building exercise that is being done at the waterfront. We have invested heavily already in the waterfront. We h

March 8th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, there has been a very thorough discussion about the prospects for expanding the Toronto island Billy Bishop airport. In fact, what we have seen is that the community is engaged in city building. We have an international airport at Pearson. As I stated earlier, I tak

March 8th, 2016House debate

Julie DabrusinLiberal