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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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