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House Hansard - 197

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 15, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 197 - May/15/23
Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)
  • May/15/23 3:13:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after ignoring 20 non-compliance orders from the Human Rights Tribunal and spending $10 million fighting first nations kids in court, the government has a new scheme. It is simply ignoring its obligation to pay the therapists who are providing first nations children services under Jordan's principle. The minister's policies are in direct defiance of the rights tribunal ruling and are threatening to put child therapists into bankruptcy. We are talking about the most fragile children in the country. Why is the government so determined to deny first nations children access to the Jordan's principle services to which they are entitled?
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Context: House Hansard - 197 - May/15/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • May/15/23 4:46:45 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. We are both members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. He talked about the right to a healthy environment. Although that right has been added to the government's mission, the bill does not create a true right. In Quebec, that right was incorporated into the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms in 2007. Does my colleague think that it is time to have the courage to open the Constitution to formally include this right in the charter?
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