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House Hansard - 189

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 2, 2023 10:00AM
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The Speaker
  • May/2/23 10:11:44 a.m.
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I wish to inform the House that I have received a notice of a request for an emergency debate. I invite the hon. member for Regina—Qu'Appelle to rise and make a brief intervention.
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Mr. Peter Julian
  • May/2/23 10:19:45 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is profound disrespect for your role as Speaker of the House. We know that, for an emergency debate, you make a ruling. You have made it and I would ask that if we continue to get disruption— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • May/2/23 2:46:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the ongoing genocide of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, transwomen, gender non-conforming and two-spirit people is a Canada-wide emergency. Relatives of lost loved ones, human rights advocates and survivors are calling on the government to take action to end this unrelenting violence. We are not disposable. Our lives are precious and we deserve justice. Will the Liberals recognize this ongoing genocide as a Canada-wide emergency?
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Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • May/2/23 3:13:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations, and I hope that if you seek it, you will find consent for the following motion. I move: That, given that: (i) on October 27, 2022, the House unanimously recognized that what happened in residential schools was genocide, (ii) decades of insufficient action from all levels of government have failed to address the effects of this genocide, including the crisis of violence against indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people with the urgency it deserves, (iii) families in Winnipeg and throughout the country continue to experience the tragic loss of loved ones to this crisis, the House call on the government to: (a) declare the continued loss of indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people a Canada-wide emergency; and (b) provide immediate and substantial investment, including in a red dress alert system, to help alert the public when an indigenous woman, girl or two-spirit person goes missing.
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Ms. Pam Damoff
  • May/2/23 8:05:47 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I just want to thank the hon. member. I do not know how she is standing here tonight as an indigenous woman listening to the debate, answering questions and not getting emotional like I am. We have talked many times about the fact that I am a white woman and that if I went missing, people would look for me and my family would be listened to. In the case of the hon. member for Winnipeg Centre, she does not live with that privilege, and that is a deep flaw in our country. I know the Minister of Emergency Preparedness and I have agreed to go to Winnipeg, and the member has agreed to organize a meeting with advocates, survivors and families so that we can ensure they are at the centre of this. We also know that implementing the red dress alert requires the provinces and territories to be part of it, because they are the ones that actually implement the alerts, but she is absolutely right that it takes political will, and with her advocacy and with support from those in the government, I am confident we can get this done and we must get this done. I just want to thank the member for being such a strong, fierce and incredible woman.
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Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • May/2/23 9:06:04 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, I thank the minister for her intervention. I know she has been a minister for many years, and I know she has heard from many first nations, Métis and Inuit over her time as a politician in many different portfolios. I am sure she has heard from families, survivors and advocates who are calling on the federal government to declare the continued loss of indigenous women and girls and two-spirit people a Canada-wide emergency. Indeed, that is what the motion calls for. I wonder if the minister supports this call.
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Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • May/2/23 9:24:48 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, at moments like this, when we hear the stories of the hon. member for Winnipeg Centre in this place, we realize how much we are of one mind. When I look at the report of the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people, I recognize there are things in there that we need to do, but we have not acted on those recommendations. However, this notion of a Red Dress Day is a way to be able to say that we are putting out an emergency and that we will protect the lives of our friends as forcefully as we can so that the carnage and the genocide stop. I want to thank my friend from Elgin—Middlesex—London for being open-hearted and committed to the lives of women.
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