SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 178

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Mr. Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, NDP)
  • Apr/17/23 1:26:29 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, the member will remember, of course, our colleague Jack Harris, who used to be the member of Parliament for St. John's East. In the previous Parliament, he introduced a non-binding motion asking the House to affirm support for dental care for low-income families. At that time, the Liberals voted against it, and I am glad the NDP has pressured them to see the light. Maybe my hon. colleague can talk about his own personal journey, from being against dental care to now fully supporting it and realizing the important benefits it is going to provide to families, not only in my community but in his as well.
112 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Apr/17/23 2:34:27 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, it is hard to hear the Conservatives talk about families because at every opportunity they have voted against hard-working Canadian families in this House, like regarding the Canada child benefit, the Canada workers benefit, the Canada housing benefit or dental that has helped over 250,000 children go to the dentist already. We also have the Canada child care agreements that have lowered fees by 50% right across the country. If Conservatives cared about Canadian families, they would do more to support them.
86 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Apr/17/23 3:44:12 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, I would like to signal the support of the Green Party of Canada for an emergency debate on the rise in hate crimes.
25 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Ms. Julie Dzerowicz
  • Apr/17/23 4:00:26 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for his amazing leadership in advocating for more mental health support. I do not think there is anybody in the House who does not agree that we need to have far more investment in mental health services. At all levels, we have not provided enough in the past. I will say there is an enormous top-up and an enormous investment in federal budget 2023. In Ontario, they have signed a bilateral agreement. The organizations that advocate for mental health supports in my riding are very happy, and they are looking forward to additional dollars flowing in this area. I thank the member opposite for his enormous leadership. We do need to do more. We will do more.
127 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux
  • Apr/17/23 6:26:03 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, we are spending $198 billion on health care. We are spending billions of dollars on a child care program. By the way, in February it was shown that we have the highest ever percentage of women in the workforce, because we wanted to ensure that child care is affordable. We have ultimately gone through a pandemic where we have spent billions of dollars to support small businesses and billions of dollars in order to be able to provide direct financial support for Canadians, i.e. the CERB wage loss program. We literally saved thousands of businesses from going bankrupt by doing so and literally put food and other necessities on the table for Canadians during the pandemic. Yes, we have spent money, and I suspect now, even though the Conservatives supported a lot of those measures, they want to oppose them for political convenience, so that they can say that we are spending too much money. The bottom line is that this is a government that has had the backs of Canadians, and it will continue to do so.
181 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border