Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, my predecessor on this file is now the Minister of Health. She was ready to move forward with the national action plan. We previously sat really close to each other in the House of Commons, so we would talk about this. She was horrified and I was surprised that the

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her work on this issue and for her question. She is absolutely right. Without a trauma-informed lens, without a or trauma-informed approach, the entire ecosystem of services and responders to survivors of gender-based violence run the risk of

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, my presentation comes with a story, which comes with a trigger warning. The keg party was a 10-minute walk from Ava's new home at Delaware Hall residence, just north of Western University's soaring stone gates. It was the Friday after Thanksgiving, and word had it

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I hope that our Conservative colleagues will, first and foremost, support the Speech from the Throne where the commitments to accelerated and more ambitious supports for communities, like those in New Brunswick, were made. Second, I want my colleague to know that we

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, it has been five years and since we formed government, over a million households are on their way to getting connected to high-speed Internet. Today, the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, along with the Prime Minister, announced an additional tool to connec

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's passion on this file. If he would like a briefing on how we have been moving forward and how we can work together, I am happy to offer it to him. The needs across the country are diverse. We are attuned to those. We are looking for divers

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, these are definitely difficult times for every Canadian, but for rural communities without broadband, COVID has been particularly hard. We knew this before the pandemic. Over a million households are well under way to getting that access, and our work will continue.

Telecommunications  Madam Speaker, the stories such as those shared by my colleague just now are top of mind for us as we work to connect every Canadian household to high speed Internet. I will tell him though that one million households on their way to getting connected or already connected is pr

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, since day one, we have worked to connect over a million households to high-speed Internet, and that work is far from over. Access without high-speed Internet and cell service is difficult at the best of times, but because of COVID-19, hardships, frustrations and ch

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I would also add the two-thirds of first nations communities that currently do not have access to 50/10 high-speed Internet. We are aware. Since we formed government, over a million households have been connected in over 900 communities, including 190 indigenous co

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on his new role and look forward to working with him. Since we formed government, we have invested to connect a million households to high-speed Internet, but that work is far from over. Colleagues heard in the throne speech yesterday our

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, as my hon. colleague from Davenport well knows, women have been on the front lines of the fight against COVID. They have also been sidelined and our economic recovery depends on women entering and re-entering the workforce. Yesterday's throne speech ensured that Can

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I want to thank my hon. colleague for her effective advocacy. As she mentioned, our government has been the first to invest in the sustainability and capacity of women's organizations and equality-seeking organizations in this country. Why? Because it is the most eff

Women and Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, bonjour, aaniin, as-salaam alaikum to my hon. colleagues. The great women feminists in my life, the Angelas, the Farrahs, the Lynns and my own mother, remind me that women hold up more than half the sky. A large part of that sky is above Canada. I stand here before

Women and Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, thanks to the courage and hard work of those who came before us, women like my colleague from Saint-Laurent and I are able to put our names on a ballot. We have made a lot of progress, particularly over the past five years, and we are committed to doing much more.