Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Mr. Chair, I appreciate my hon. colleague's openness to learn and to support an end to violence, including for indigenous women and girls. We are currently studying the connection between resource extraction and increased violence against indigenous women and girls. No matter h

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Mr. Chair, it is such a pleasure working with my hon. colleague on our committee. I think we need to stop pathologizing indigenous women and girls and two-spirit people, and really look at the heart of the matter of where this is happening. We can go back to the Indian Act: It le

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Mr. Chair, I have so much respect for my colleague and the work she does fighting for human rights, particularly for indigenous peoples. In terms of resource extraction, I think it goes into the free, prior and informed consent of nations: Free of coercion, prior to development

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Mr. Chair, I think that question goes into the whole notion of eugenics and how we are not worthy of life in terms of the forced sterilization of women and girls. It is the right to live, the right to have choice over our bodies and the right to have control and choice over what

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Mr. Chair, I have a really wonderful time working with the hon. member on the status of women committee, particularly right now as we are currently having a study on the relationship between resource development and increased levels of violence against indigenous women and girls.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Mr. Chair, today's take-note debate, a day before the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People, is a crucial one. It is a debate about why, once again, families of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls and survivor

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls  Madam Chair, my colleague clearly acknowledges the seriousness of the crisis of violence, something that the Prime Minister noted as a genocide against indigenous women and girls and two-spirit people. In spite of this seriousness, it is three years since the release of the fina

Gender-based Violence  Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirited Peoples. I wish to lift up all organizations, families and survivors of violence who have led the way in advocating for justice, and all of those who are worki

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, people and their families are paying more for rent, groceries and gas, and instead of helping people out, the Liberal governments keep protecting, in this instance, their wealthy friends who own grocery chains. This seems to be a pattern with the current government

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people are not safe as a result of successive Liberal and Conservative governments putting the privileges of big oil corporations over our safety and human rights. We saw this in the budget, which gives $2.6 billion to big oil

Early Childhood Educators  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize early childhood educators week and honour the thousands of ECEs from coast to coast. Every day, ECEs perform some of the most crucial work in our communities. We all know that the first few years of a child’s development are the most impor

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his brilliant mansplaining. The member talked about a lot of the similarities between the NDP and the Liberals. The NDP has fought really hard to divest from fossil fuel subsidies. I wonder if my hon. colleague supports t

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I would like to acknowledge what a moving and powerful speech my colleague across the way gave. I have shared some of the experiences, certainly as an indigenous woman, in terms of racism in this country. It takes a lot of courage to talk about those things in such

Constitution Act, 1867  Madam Speaker, this bill protects the number of seats not only in Quebec, but also in all the other provinces. How important does the member think this is for his own province?

Constitution Act, 1867  Madam Speaker, the bill ensures that Quebec will keep the same number of seats it currently has. Will the hon. member across the aisle support a bill that guarantees the representation of Quebec in the House of Commons?