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House Hansard - 332

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 332 - Jun/14/24
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/14/24 10:24:18 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we have heard from marginalized groups, particularly indigenous women, who are disproportionately impacted by our justice system and who are disproportionately present in our jails. They have been begging for there to be changes to the legislation, yet the Conservatives filibustered for months, trying to stop the actual changes that indigenous women have been asking for. How does the member justify that?
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Context: House Hansard - 332 - Jun/14/24
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • Jun/14/24 10:41:25 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, one issue often found when there are miscarriages of justice has to do with the process of plea bargaining with folks who cannot afford proper legal help. Something we know about the justice system is that it is riddled with systemic violence, and it is targeted more prominently against specific groups. I would say these are indigenous groups, where there is an overrepresentation of folks in the justice system, as well as Black communities. Would my colleague agree with me that, if we are going to rectify issues in the justice system, we need to deal with systemic racism.
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Context: House Hansard - 332 - Jun/14/24
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/14/24 10:57:39 a.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, my colleague made an excellent speech. I have a similar question to the Bloc member's, but from indigenous peoples' perspective. As my colleague indicated, indigenous peoples are overrepresented in the justice system, and we know that language was used to try to eliminate indigenous peoples in Canada. With language revitalization and indigenous people still preferring to speak their languages, is it not just as important to ensure that indigenous languages can be used in this system? This would be so that people who are unable to access the system, both economically and language-wise, would be able to access the same system with indigenous languages.
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Context: House Hansard - 332 - Jun/14/24
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • Jun/14/24 11:45:44 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Jordan's principle is supposed to uphold equity and health services for indigenous children and youth, yet multiple organizations in Winnipeg Centre are going without funding. Biigewin is owed almost $600,000, and Spirit Horse is owed almost $400,000. Staff are going without pay. The minister would not work without pay, so why should indigenous organizations? When will the Liberals uphold Jordan's principle and ensure that indigenous organizations are paid what they are owed?
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