Bill C-223

Government Orders

…conomics, supports ensuring that people can live in human rights and dignity, and supports my bill, Bill C-223.

Government Orders

… forward an excess profit tax on grocery chains and one of the reasons I pushed forward on my bill, Bill C-223, to put in place a framework for a guaranteed livable basic income. This has been supported by all the members of the NDP caucus, the majority of NDP members and women's organizations that are dealin…

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-223, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support Bill C…

Private Members' Business

…e basic income is that, in a country as rich as Canada, nobody should go to school hungry. That was Bill C-223, the same bill that Senator Kim Pate put forward on her side. This basic human right to food security should not be denied to anybody, especially children, whose learning is impacted in schools when …

Private Members' Business

…dication of Poverty, I joined Senator Kim Pate in support of her bill, Bill S-233, and my own bill, Bill C-223, the national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income act, at a press conference. In its study of Bill S-233, the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance heard overwhelming support from…

Statements By Members

…xist, outdated gold-diggers clause. In Canada, we should have a guaranteed livable basic income, as Bill C-223 by my friend, the member for Winnipeg Centre, would do. It is an amount that would allow no one in this country to fall below the bar of basic dignity. Canadians must ask themselves about the expense…

Routine Proceedings

…porting families, as is the addition of affordable housing with rents geared to income and my bill, Bill C-223, to put in place a guaranteed livable basic income. I want to build a Canada where families are not begging to eat, where we do not make the assumption we are all born with the same privileges, where…

Routine Proceedings

…sent a petition today from Canadians from across the country who are concerned about Bill S-233 and Bill C-223. They are concerned these would cost the government an enormous amount of money. They are also concerned about government cheques disincentivizing people from working and maintaining a job and that t…

Routine Proceedings

…niversal basic income. The petitioners are calling on the government to vote against Bill S-233 and Bill C-223. They also want an end to the carbon tax and inflationary spending. Finally, they would like to see pipelines and other projects built across Canada to ensure that our freedom energy can help free th…

Routine Proceedings

…d to pay for this. As such, the petitioners call on parliamentarians to vote against Bill S-233 and Bill C-223. They want an end to a carbon tax, they want an end to inflationary spending and they want to see pipelines and other projects approved to ensure our economy can grow so there are good jobs for every…