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House leader of the New Democratic Party Member of the Board of Internal Economy

Peter Julian

  • Member of Parliament
  • House leader of the New Democratic Party Member of the Board of Internal Economy
  • NDP
  • New Westminster—Burnaby
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 63%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $138,331.47

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Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • May/22/24 9:58:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, who is a good friend, for raising that point. It is true that during COVID we saw the best of parliamentarianism in this country. All members of Parliament were working together. We will recall that we did not have the virtual Parliament to start. We had a scant number of MPs in the House because of social distancing. At the same time, we were able to agree on a variety of supports that made a big difference in the lives of Canadians. I would suggest, and I think my colleague would agree with me, that the climate crisis now calls upon that same level of co-operation. We need to work together. There are the wildfires in northern Canada. The fire season is starting earlier than ever. In British Columbia, we lived through the heat dome that killed 600 people, including 60 people in my riding. Atmospheric rivers have cut off portions of Canada from other portions of Canada. There is absolutely no doubt that the climate crisis is at hand. We all need to work together, and I would hope that we would find a renewed sense of co-operation among all members of Parliament to combat this crisis that requires a degree of co-operation never seen before in our country's history.
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Jun/12/23 7:03:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I completely agree with my colleague, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, about the fact that everyone uses the provisions that are already before us. I look forward to sharing the numbers for this use in the speech I will give later. My colleague did touch, I thought, very profoundly on the issue of members being sick and still representing their constituents, and members having family crises or family emergencies and still representing their constituents. We live in a vast land. My commute is 5,000 kilometres to get to Ottawa as I am at the other end of the country in beautiful British Columbia. However, we have seen wildfires hitting throughout the middle and northern parts of our country: northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, northern Ontario, northern Quebec and Nova Scotia. How important is it for members of Parliament to be able to be on the ground during those emergencies in their ridings and still advocate for the kinds of supports that the federal government needs to be providing in those crises as they are occurring? How important is that element as far as the hybrid—
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