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Canada Labour Code Mr. Speaker, while the government has been commended on moving forward with stronger laws for the protection of workers in federal areas of employment, one of the issues that has been raised is that a good number of the workers are covered by collective agreements and others are
October 16th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Canada Labour Code Mr. Speaker, I often think that we over here are forgotten. I have a question for the member who has obviously been very thoughtful on this bill and in his previous experience. I note that this bill will also apply to federally regulated workplaces, including banks, telecommunic
October 16th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Global Warming Mr. Speaker, I do not think those measures are any more dramatic than what we are going to face if we do not take them. In looking at the economy, the most important thing for the government to do is to finally take action on a just transition. My province alone relies heavily o
October 15th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Global Warming Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her dedication to this cause. This gives me a chance to share something I had hoped to share and hope to be coming forward with something on in the House soon. Quite some time ago, the United Kingdom tabled and passed legislation setting bindi
October 15th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Global Warming Mr. Speaker, despite the fact I am feeling very under the weather, which seems to be an appropriate saying for tonight, I had to be here to participate in this. I want to thank my colleagues, colleagues across the way and the member for the Green Party for calling this debate. T
October 15th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Department of Health Act Mr. Speaker, in Bill C-326, the member for Lac-Saint-Louis proposes a number of measures related to empowering the federal Minister of Health, under the Department of Health Act, to investigate and report on the need to update regulation of toxins in drinking water. I want to sa
September 28th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Department of Health Act Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Lac-Saint-Louis for his lifelong dedication to greater government action to protect our water, including safe drinking water. I am well aware that this has been a long-standing interest of his. The parliamentary committee on envi
September 28th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax Conventions Act Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to work with my colleague. I have previously worked with him on committees. It is important that, as a member of the OECD , we take seriously the work that is done in that forum. For example, the OECD recently did a report on all the countrie
September 28th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, this is personal, not just for me but for all Canadians who speak up for the protection of their communities' health and environment. In the 1980s, Canadians were called “unAlbertan” for protesting a dam. The utilities board was later shut down when it was discover
September 28th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister claimed that he believes in the rights of all Canadians to peacefully protest, and yet proceedings before the Federal Court this week suggest the contrary. It has been revealed that CSIS is treating environmental activists as a threat to
September 28th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, on capacity, here is a simple example. There is a partnership between the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and a construction company in the capital city region where they are giving low-income Edmontonians living in affordable housing an opportunity to trai
September 27th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to hear that at least the member is interested in the federal government encouraging more energy efficiency, but why the heck has it not restored the eco-energy retrofit program? I know every home in my riding would welcome the infusion of dollars so the
September 27th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to share with the House that, yet again, View Magazine in Edmonton has chosen me to be its favourite member of Parliament in Edmonton. It is a great honour and I am humbled by it. I will be splitting my time with the member for Essex. I too will speak
September 27th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, when is a right to a housing framework not a right to housing when it is a framework? Contrary to what the member alleged in the House, it is simply not fact. This is what Leilani Farha, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, actually said: ...it is impossible to
September 27th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I need not remind this place that the United Nations Special Rapporteur on housing, Leilani Farha, called upon the government to finally act on its commitments to provide the right to housing. Nowhere is that more critical than our indigenous communities in the far n
September 27th, 2018House debate
Linda DuncanNDP