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House Hansard - 213

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mrs. Rosemarie Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster, CPC)
  • Jun/14/23 9:33:41 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, at committee, and even in the House, we have heard the minister and the parliamentary secretary bragging about the pillars of this legislation: equality, affordability, availability, accessibility and inclusiveness. I think we would all agree in the House that those are very important measures that should be taken into consideration, especially when this is a piece of legislation that is supposed to include all children in the country. What is very interesting is that at committee the parliamentary secretary intended to remove two of those pillars from one of the clauses in the bill. They were affordability and accessibility. Would the member not agree that it would be absurd to remove accessibility and affordability when we have a lack of spaces and the majority of children in this country are on wait-lists?
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Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mr. Maninder Sidhu
  • Jun/14/23 10:26:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, I am still working on my French, and hopefully one day I will be able to answer in French. When we are talking about savings for families, we know things are tough right now. Families need more support, and through our CCB program and through this child care program, we are saving families money. I will give an example. Ajit, who was paying $1,300 a month is now paying $700 a month. He is able to take that additional savings and put it towards his mortgage or his grocery costs. It is very important that we are still there and we are always going to be there for families who need help with affordability right now.
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