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House Hansard - 203

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 31, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • May/31/23 2:58:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a priest accused of, and arrested for, abuse and forcible confinement of an eight-year-old girl. More victims are coming forward. Families are in shock. A first nation is in shock. This is not history. This is happening now in Little Grand Rapids first nation in 2023. What is the government doing to support the community? What will the government do to work with the community to support its clear calls for accountability?
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/31/23 2:59:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is a horrific situation that never should have happened, at any time. We know it happened decades ago, and it never should have happened. This one is just recent, and it never should have happened. We have obviously reached out to the community, and we are working closely with them on what is needed for healing and moving forward. We are also serious about accountability and ensuring that these kinds of abuses never happen again.
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • May/31/23 10:58:28 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, I was just reading a report done by CCPA called The Harper Record. It says: Giving financial incentives to businesses to create spaces has been tried before and failed. It was such bad policy that even members of the minister's hand-picked advisory group raised objections and was roundly criticized when the government's policy folks conducted cross-country consultations on how it could be made to work. The report goes on to say, “The fallout from Harper's child care policy will be felt for years to come. Federal transfers specifically designated for early learning and child care were reduced by almost 37% in 2007-08...In 2006, only 19.3% of children five and under had access to...child care”. The NDP and my colleague, the member for Winnipeg Centre, had pushed the government and drove the agenda to get $10-a-day child care nationally. This bill before us would address some elements of accountability with reporting, so we can have—
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Mr. Larry Maguire (Brandon—Souris, CPC)
  • May/31/23 11:25:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, I was most impressed by my colleague's presentation this evening and the number of choice areas that he spoke of. Could he elaborate on the accountability and accessibility of the types of day care that we have today and how they could be improved?
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Mr. Garnett Genuis
  • May/31/23 11:26:21 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, the most important relationship of accountability for day care providers is to parents, in terms of whether they are meeting the needs of the families they are serving. If we are able to strengthen choice and flexibility and make sure parents have the resources they need, then we will have strong mechanisms of accountability in place. As I said in my speech, we are seeing increasing diversity of the work-family balance that people are pursuing and that they are able to pursue because of all the technology. Let us put families in the driver's seat, recognizing that parents have love for their children and that they will make choices that fit with their situation and their kids.
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