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Member of Parliament

Heather McPherson

  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Edmonton Strathcona
  • Alberta
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $189,044.82

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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/6/24 6:59:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Mr. Speaker, Conservative members on the public safety committee submitted 33 amendments for Bill C-20, but they withdrew over 75% of them. Meanwhile, they dragged out the Bill C-20 meetings repeatedly by filibustering other parties' amendments and moving motions that were completely unrelated to Bill C-20. How does the member account for that?
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/6/24 6:41:42 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Mr. Speaker, the member brought forward some proverbs. I have one that I would share with him. We often talk about the fact that there are two Bloc parties in this House; there is the Bloc Québécois, and then there is the “block everything party”. We know that at committee the Conservatives tabled over 75 amendments and many that they took away. They filibustered the committee for weeks and stopped Bill C-20 from coming forward. I am just wondering how the member comes to terms with the fact that members of his own party were responsible for filibustering the committee with motions that were not even related to the bill. How does he explain that to his constituents and to Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 132 - Nov/22/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Nov/22/22 4:44:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Madam Speaker, one of the worries I often have when legislation is brought forward or things are announced in the House is that resources will not be available to do the work that needs to be done. For example, with our sanctions regime, we do not have the resources for CBSA to do what it needs to do. With regard to forced labour, only one shipment relating to force labour was identified by CBSA and it was returned. My worry is that when we put this legislation in place, there will not be resources to make sure it is effective. What steps will the government take to ensure that there are adequate resources for this work?
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