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Business of Supply  moved: That, in the opinion of the House, the government is failing to adequately address Canada’s housing crisis and that, therefore, the House call on the government to create 500,000 units of quality, affordable housing within ten years, and to commit in Budget 2019 to compl

January 31st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his questions, comments and acknowledging my work in the House and in the community. We are asking the government to face the issue of the crisis in housing with an actual plan that matches that crisis. Making housing a priority arou

January 31st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the opportunity to comment on how foundational housing is and how it is interrelated with many other issues we face in our communities. When I was a social worker, we talked about the impact of homelessness on people's mental health. That wa

January 31st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the minister's advocacy on this issue. I believe it is a tough job for the minister at the cabinet table to make sure that housing and homelessness stays a priority. I want to encourage him to continue that. Through my comments, I am asking him to step i

January 31st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member had me at the beginning of his comments but not so much near the end. I do want to bring to the House's attention the member's comments around housing first and the fact that budget 2018 was the first time the federal government moved away from making hou

January 31st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for her advocacy on behalf of the people she represents not only in Saskatchewan and across Canada but also with my colleagues. As our housing critic, she has helped to remind me of the issues that need to be included when we talk about hou

January 31st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Housing  Mr. Speaker, news of the Canada housing benefit led the Saskatchewan Party government to end its rental supplement for low-income people. This is a small subsidy that made a big difference to keep people in good homes. Many living in my riding, like Roberta Fehr, need support t

February 1st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am very honoured to rise in the House today to present a petition that has garnered overwhelming support from people across Canada. On January 18, e-petition 1833 closed after receiving 18,200 signatures. It was initiated by Devon Hargreaves, co-president of the YQ

February 1st, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

National Suicide Prevention Action Plan  Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the member for Calgary Signal Hill for his courage to speak about his own life experience. When we take the opportunity to discuss suicide in a public place, we make a difference in the world to families and individuals. We take the stigma and d

February 4th, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker—

February 5th, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, today 9,000 people are homeless in Toronto and many more are at risk. There are 180,000 people on lists who are waiting for affordable housing. Prominent activists, artists and business people are calling this a state of emergency, urging all governments to get to wo

February 5th, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Asbestos  Madam Speaker, it is the start of a new year and Canada has a ban on asbestos. Well, that is not quite true. While I applaud the government for moving to ban this deadly substance, I am perplexed and disappointed that it has decided to allow exemptions. The final regulations have

February 5th, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Asbestos  Madam Speaker, I have heard all these rationales before. There is no such thing as a safe level of exposure to asbestos. Every single one of Quebec's health authorities has asked the federal government to use its authority and not to exempt mining waste. The facts about asbestos

February 5th, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Transport  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Transport finally heard the NDP's call. He acknowledged a 79% service gap in Saskatchewan's intercity public transportation and agrees with us that the situation is urgent and more important than partisan politics. However, offering $10 million to the

February 7th, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP

Indigenous Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to echo the comments of my colleague on this side of the House about the irony, in some ways, of time allocation being put on a bill about language, a bill about speaking. I understand what the minister is saying. The government has consulted with Canadians a

February 20th, 2019House debate

Sheri BensonNDP