44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 26, 2021 10:00AM
- Nov/26/21 12:00:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after years of delay, Canadian Blood Services has finally announced its commitment to end the discriminatory blood ban. It is a step in the right direction, yes, but questions remain. Health Canada still needs to approve its submission. The government was told back in June that this submission would be coming.
If the Liberals care about ending this discrimination with the urgency it deserves, on what date can gay men finally donate blood in this country?
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- Nov/26/21 12:00:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this government has always known that this was a discriminatory practice and it was up to the scientists and Canadian Blood Services to take this decision. We are very grateful to them for this proposal and we look forward to giving an answer in due course.
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- Nov/26/21 12:00:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am sorry, but that was absolutely shameful as an answer. You have always known this was discrimination. You have known for six months that this submission would be coming, yet you cannot give a date. You cannot outline what that process is.
To the minister, people are watching and waiting. Leadership is about backing up your words with action. Talk and talk and talk. The solution is there. The medical community is behind it. Stop talking and deliver results.
On what date will the government say gay men can finally donate blood in this country?
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- Nov/26/21 12:01:31 p.m.
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I want to remind the members to ask their questions through the Chair and not to refer to another member as “you”.
The hon. minister.
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- Nov/26/21 12:01:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as someone who has advocated for this for a very long time, I understand that we have to wait for science and for the people who act in an arm's-length agency. It is up to the agency to actually ask us to do this. We are looking at this proposal and we hope to be able to respond as quickly as possible.
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- Nov/26/21 12:02:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians can be proud of Canada's active involvement at COP26 in Glasgow.
Canadian climate policies are internationally recognized as being fair and progressive.
Could the Minister of Environment and Climate Change tell us more about what Canada is specifically doing to combat climate change?
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- Nov/26/21 12:02:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Pontiac and congratulate her on her impressive career at the OECD before joining our ranks.
Canada has done a lot of work on combatting climate change. I could talk about everything that we achieved in Glasgow, such as the $5.3 billion for developing countries, including $1 billion to help the poorest countries reduce their dependence on coal, and the $1 billion for nature-based solutions.
Nevertheless, like other countries around the world, Canada still has a long way to go in the fight against climate change.
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- Nov/26/21 12:03:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada’s aging population has been the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in almost every conceivable metric. Instead of providing the compassion, empathy and support that the seniors who built our country deserve, the Liberal government has sadly penalized Canada’s seniors who took CERB by lowering their old age security payments.
Could the minister please tell me when the government will rectify this cruel decision and allow our seniors to collect what they have earned and give them the dignity they deserve?
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- Nov/26/21 12:04:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government is aware, and I think all members of the House would agree, that our seniors have been disproportionately hit by COVID and they deserve our support. That is one reason that the government supported seniors with $500 over the summer. It is a reason that we have increased the OAS.
When it comes to the GIS and the CERB, we are very aware of this problem and we are working very urgently to get it fixed.
I also want to say that we can all help our seniors by getting vaccinated and urging them to get their boosters. My dad had his recently and it has been a real relief to me.
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- Nov/26/21 12:05:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the first Acadian to assume your role, on behalf of all Nova Scotians, let me congratulate you.
Recently a Nova Scotia indigenous fishing captain was lost at sea, leaving his uncertified crew stranded. The winter lobster season opens this Monday in southwestern Nova Scotia. DFO officials has confirmed that newly licensed moderate livelihood fishers are not required to have their vessels or crew government trained and certified like all commercial fishermen have to.
Why is the government so callously placing the lives of indigenous fishers at risk?
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- Nov/26/21 12:05:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the member opposite for his new appointment.
I have compassion and regret any time someone is challenged as a mariner with problems at sea. The Canadian Coast Guard works very closely with the communities to be there for Canadians and mariners.
With respect to the moderate livelihood fishery, everything we do at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is underpinned by the conservation of stock. This is a priority that is—
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- Nov/26/21 12:06:38 p.m.
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The hon. member for Peterborough—Kawartha.
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- Nov/26/21 12:06:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our economic crisis has created a mental health and suicide crisis. During the election, I knocked on one man’s door and he showed me what he was eating for dinner, cat food. This is not an exaggeration. Food bank users are at all-time high. Canadians need to know a timeline. When will the government take the right action to support parents, children and seniors so they are not eating cat food?
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- Nov/26/21 12:07:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, one of the things our government is moving forward on is affordable child care across the country. This is something that is so important to address affordability for families right across the country. As a parent, I know the high costs of child care are limiting for so many people.
We will continue to work hard to make sure child care is affordable, so families have access to additional resources so they can provide for their children.
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- Nov/26/21 12:08:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, getting their child a spot in day care helps women build their careers. Access to affordable, inclusive day care makes life more affordable and helps create jobs.
Several agreements have already been signed. Can the Minister of Families give us an update on what is being done to make good on our promise?
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- Nov/26/21 12:08:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Sherbrooke for this question. I am pleased to give the House an update today.
So far, we have signed nine agreements with the provinces and territories to reduce child care fees, which will help 60% of children in Canada. That is absolutely fantastic.
It will help women, in particular, return to work, while also helping both our economy and Canada.
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- Nov/26/21 12:08:59 p.m.
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[Member spoke in Inuktitut and provided the following text:]
ᐅᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ
ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓇᓂᒃ ᓅᑕᐅᕙᖕᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕘ ᓯᓚᑖᓄᑦ ᕿᒪᐃᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᓐᓂᓪᓗ, ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᖏᒻᒪᑕᒎᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.
ᑕᐃᒪᖓᓂ 2017ᒥᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᒃᑯᕖᑦ ᑕᑕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᓕᖅᑲᒻᒥᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᕙᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᕐᒥᒃ, ᐱᖁᔨᕗᖔᕈᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᐅᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᑎᖅᔪᐊᓂᒃ.
Prime Minister ᐃᒃᐱᓂᐊᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᔪᒥᓂᐊᖅᐱᒌ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᓄᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖏᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᕕᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᒥ?
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Mr. Speaker, our elders in Nunavut are being exiled from their families, their homeland and their communities because they cannot access care in the territory.
Our elders care homes in Nunavut have been at full capacity since 2017. We have seen in the House countless recommendations and promises made, but we have seen little to no action to help elders and invest in elders' infrastructure in Nunavut.
Will the Prime Minister respect elders in Nunavut and the indigenous and northern affairs committee and follow through on accelerating construction on long-term care facilities and seniors homes in Nunavut?
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- Nov/26/21 12:10:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I sincerely look forward to working together with the hon. member for Nunavut to solve these many concerns that were brought up. I am proud that I am the first-ever Minister of Northern Affairs to give the attention to the infrastructure, the housing, the health care and seniors, a whole gamut of issues in which our government is engaged. We are committed to working with the hon. member to solve these problems into the future.
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- Nov/26/21 12:11:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. I am not sure if it was to receive instructions from the PMO that he was passing along to the government House leader, but the member for Winnipeg North, sitting beside the government House leader today during question period, was seen with an ear bud in his ear and speaking actively into a telephone throughout question period.
I think you, Mr. Speaker, should remind him that this is not allowed or permitted in the House. I certainly would hope that he is not receiving instructions from the PMO on who should be answering and how they should be answering questions.
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- Nov/26/21 12:11:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the opposition whip for his concern. This has been discussed. As we are in a virtual proceeding, there will be instances where folks are at a distance and therefore we need to be able to communicate to them. The Speaker's office was aware of this. The House leader for the opposition was aware of this as well. We are happy to have discussions. It was our understanding in our conversations with the opposition that this was something it was not only aware of but understood was necessary as part of a virtual proceeding.
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