Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I will ask the member questions in two areas. The first is about smuggling and ensuring that CBSA has the resources to do that job, yet when the Conservatives were in government, they actually cut CBSA resources to the tune of 1,000 staff, which would have helped

Health  Madam Speaker, all we have heard from the Liberals are promises and platitudes, whether it is universal public pharmacare or dental care, more consultation and more studies. They say that they understand Canadians need help with their medical and dental care. They said in their t

Health  Madam Speaker, the Liberals have promised to deliver universal public pharmacare to Canadians for 24 years. While the Liberals talk a good game, the fact is they have failed to follow up with action time and again. The fact is, the Liberals have delivered red book after red book

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I will follow up directly with the minister about the wage subsidy for the PNE, then, and move on to another issue. Nearly 20,000 people died from the overdose crisis between January 2016 and September 2020, and in B.C. alone over 17,000 people died from an overdose i

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I wish the minister would actually answer the question. I asked a specific question about whether the government would decriminalize personal use so that we can save lives.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, the government should decriminalize, then. The City of Vancouver has submitted an application to the federal government in support of having Vancouver's Chinatown designated a UNESCO world heritage site. Will the federal government support the city's effort and help r

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, PNE, the 110-year-old institution in Vancouver East, employs more than 4,000 part-time and seasonal workers at its peak. Its local economic impact is over $200 million each year. Unlike other large fairs, it is unable to receive the wage subsidy. I already brought this

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, it is shameful that the Liberal government has left seniors out. It promised seniors during the election that it would support them, but of course after the election it forgot all about that promise. Then, in the face of the pandemic, what did the government do? On

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, during the pandemic, inequalities have increased. The ultrarich are becoming richer, while those in need of help are still struggling to get by. We have learned a lot about the Liberals in the last few years. They talk a good game, but time and again we see they

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, as the member has indicated, the climate emergency is urgent, and action and leadership are desperately required from the federal government. British Columbians actually do not want the Trans Mountain pipeline. We want to stop that expansion, so we are in agreement

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, 58% of young people have felt the negative impacts of the pandemic. That is why the NDP has called for the elimination of federal student debt: up to $20,000 per student. Could the member tell us if he supports reducing federal student debt, or would he rather the

Unite Here  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals say they want a she-covery, yet they were silent when Pacific Gateway became a federal quarantine hotel and 140 long-term workers were terminated, nearly two-thirds of them immigrant women. Hilton Metrotown has locked out its workers and terminated 97 wo

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, May is Asian Heritage Month. This is the second Asian Heritage Month to take place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and rising anti-Asian hate. To the Asian community, let this be a month to strengthen our connection to our heritage, history and community to find the

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, racism and structural inequity existed even before the pandemic, but COVID-19 has shone a light for many on the serious inequality in our country. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been public actions and calls against anti-Asian violence and racism;

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the member on one hand is saying that the government should not spend so much on programs, that we need to be mindful of the debt and that we cannot spend in these difficult times. On the other, she is saying that we should assist Canadians who need help during the p