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House Hansard - 213

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)
  • Jun/14/23 8:34:26 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, it was interesting that the hon. member who just gave his speech set up this binary situation where either children are taken care of at home or they are in a publicly funded day care. The reality is that folks do a whole gamut. Whether it is family members who take care of their children while they work, it is a neighbour or a it is church community, who knows how it all is? This system would fund just one of those possible options to the exclusion of the others. That is what we are talking about as Conservatives when we say that this would not allow for the choice that happens. Whether it is a grandmother who comes in to take care of the children or the kids go to the grandmother's house, those kinds of situations are not recognized by this program. That is what we are dealing with. Does the member not recognize that?
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Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mrs. Rosemarie Falk
  • Jun/14/23 9:58:55 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, it is funny that the member asked me that question. I got involved in politics because the current Prime Minister's 2015 platform negatively harmed my family in how we wanted to raise our children. Absolutely the Conservatives care about families. We care about children and we care about parental choice.
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Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Ms. Ya'ara Saks
  • Jun/14/23 10:42:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, just to be clear, in building a Canada-wide, early childhood, high-quality, affordable system, we are not simply doing what the Conservatives did in cutting cheques to every family across the country. An hon. member: You cancelled that. Ms. Ya'ara Saks: We cancelled that. That is right. We cancelled it because we know we need to invest in families over time, and investing in that way means investing in their children through an evidence-based, high-quality system that works for every family.
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