Health  Mr. Speaker, prior to Christmas, cases of trench fever were found in my riding. This is a disease of extreme poverty. That is abhorrent, and it is a result of the long-standing lack of investment. Our front-line organizations have the ability to address the needs of our community

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I would like to wish my hon. colleague a happy new year. He spoke a lot about debt. I want to speak with him about people who have been left behind: people with disabilities, seniors, students, and indigenous people. Although, like the member, we need to certainl

Housing  Mr. Speaker, yesterday my motion calling on the government to make greater investments into housing shelterless individuals passed with unanimous consent. In the last two months in Winnipeg Centre, four cases of trench fever have been diagnosed. This is a disease not seen in Cana

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the very heartfelt sharing. I know that this is a difficult topic, and many of us have experienced these life and death situations in our own lives, so I want to acknowledge that. I do have a question, though, and it goes back to dignity.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party has spoken a lot about dignity, but when I ask questions about providing a guaranteed liveable basic income, something being fought for and supported by the disability community to ensure people can live in dignity and have those choices, I am

Housing  Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That, given that COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted people who are homeless or unhoused, the House call upon the government, while respecting the jurisdiction of Queb

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I think we can all agree that there is a history in this country of human rights violations against those in the the disability community. It has been mentioned by Conservative colleagues many times today. My question is this: Because of that, do they support the

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to make a correction. The hon. member spoke a lot about mental health, but the bill explicitly states, in paragraph (2.1), “For the purposes of paragraph (2)?(a), a mental illness is not considered to be an illness, disease or disability.” Then, if we go “Sa

Women and Gender Equality  Madam Speaker, the national action plan for murdered and missing indigenous women and girls was due in June and the government used COVID as an excuse to delay it, but violence against indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people has increased during the pandemic. It is 400 time

Climate Emergency Action Act  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to thank my hon. colleague for all the work she has done with respect to her private member's bill. I have had the pleasure of speaking with her on the phone. There are a couple of reasons why I did not put in specific targets. I left it open to

Climate Emergency Action Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague and the other colleagues with whom he works that human rights should never be a partisan issue. Human rights are human rights. I find it unfortunate, coming from a member whose province has the highest child apprehension rate

Climate Emergency Action Act  Mr. Speaker, my bill provides a consultation framework so that any climate emergency action framework would be developed in direct consultation with civil society and indigenous peoples. It would not be directed by the minister, but by people on the ground. It also has very cle

Climate Emergency Action Act  moved that Bill C-232, An Act respecting a Climate Emergency Action Framework, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share how honoured I am to be here today to share my first private member's bill as a member of Parliament. It is a v

Rights of Indigenous Peoples  Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate the work of all indigenous and grassroots leaders across these lands, faith groups, human rights advocates and thousands of people who fought for the adoption and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I as well would like to offer my condolences to the hon. member and thank him for sharing that story so that we can learn. I actually have a question. I am aware of some of the concerns that have been raised by the disability community, particularly in regard to t