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Health Mr. Speaker, Canada's blood inventory is entering its fourth month of serious shortages. This is the first time this has ever happened. This dangerous situation is putting patients at risk. If collections drop further, elective surgeries may have to be cancelled. Experts warned
October 6th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Criminal Code Mr. Speaker, in March 2023, legislation to extend by one year the temporary exclusion of eligibility for MAID where a person's sole medical condition is a mental illness received royal assent and immediately came into force. This means that persons suffering solely from a mental
October 5th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Health Mr. Speaker, speaking of affordability, Canadians have seen what happens when Loblaws is left unchecked: price-fixing and gouging. Now, Galen Weston is turning his sights to health care by expanding Shoppers Drug Mart private clinics. Experts are warning that huge corporations pu
October 3rd, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Breast Cancer Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Despite recent progress, breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Canadian women. Last year alone, some 29,000 Canadians were diagnosed with breast cancer and almost 6,000 died from t
October 3rd, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I am glad my hon. colleague brought up the treatment of our seniors during the COVID pandemic, because Canadians were horrified to see so many vulnerable Canadians, our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, living in what were appalling conditions. I am gla
September 27th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act Madam Speaker, I note that this bill would suspend the GST on purpose-built rental housing, but the 2015 ministerial letter on this issue talked about giving tax breaks for the building of purpose-built affordable rental housing. Can my hon. colleague explain to the House why the
September 27th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Petitions Madam Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by people in Vancouver Kingsway and all over the Lower Mainland of British Columbia who are profoundly concerned about the climate crisis. They understand and want the House to know that they view the climate crisis as an existen
September 27th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act Madam Speaker, in Vancouver Kingsway, we have an intense housing crisis and have had for several decades. I would say that one of the most successful models of affordable housing has been co-ops. We had a very successful federal co-op program in this country that started in the
September 26th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act Mr. Speaker, I have a lot of respect for my hon. colleague from British Columbia, and I usually find her speeches to be informed and interesting, but she, like a lot of her Conservative colleagues, keeps referring to eight years of an NDP-Liberal coalition. She knows that the con
September 25th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act Mr. Speaker, like many members in this House, the people of Vancouver Kingsway are experiencing unprecedented high prices for food. People are going to supermarkets and finding that the price of three apples is about $5. I am not sure how anybody can eat nutritious food with the
September 25th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Health Mr. Speaker, Canadian children have been going to school hungry for years. Skyrocketing grocery bills are making things worse, yet Canada is the only G7 country without a national school food program. New Democrats have been calling for one for years. Despite their promises, the
September 25th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act Madam Speaker, the provincial Conservative government in Nova Scotia is moving aggressively to establish a significant footprint in power supply from offshore wind. Clearly, it sees the benefits of tapping into the enormous potential of renewable energy. As New Democrats, we see
September 19th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague's speech was pretty wide-ranging and touched on a number of things. It contributed to the debate, but in some cases it did not. We are talking about bail conditions and how we deal with people who commit crimes on bail. The member raised the trag
September 18th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I think the average person on the street would probably agree with the principle that someone who has repeat offended at some point would require a reverse onus for bail. However, I am thinking of one of the cornerstones of the rule of law system in our country, wh
September 18th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the government's treatment of Egyptian refugees: (a) does the Minister of Public Safety consider (i) Canadian citizens, (ii) permanent residents, (iii) foreign nationals, who joined or participated in Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) after the 2011 Egyptian
September 18th, 2023House debate
Don DaviesNDP