Bill C-29

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…and give her the time to tell the House what the 14 Inuit communities in her riding have said about Bill C-29.

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… an amendment, which unfortunately was rejected at committee, to include economic reconciliation in Bill C-29, but we have heard testimony from a number of people who have said that it is key to prosperity and that it is key to ending poverty and ensuring communities can move forward.

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…uded to it as well in his speech, is talking about calls to action 53 to 56. There are some gaps in Bill C-29 and the government has not actually implemented those calls to action as it was intended to, for example, by not having the Prime Minister respond to this, as was indicated in call to action 56. Ther…

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Madam Speaker, it is an honour for me to join the debate today on Bill C-29, the truth and reconciliation council. It has been an honour for me as the member for Kenora representing northwestern Ontario, which includes 42 first nations across three treaty territories as well…

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moved: That Bill C-29, in Clause 12, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 6 with the following: (f) Indigenous persons whose first or second language learned

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…ted on the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. As we gather to debate Bill C-29, I think that it is important to take a moment to explain the approach that the government took when developing this proposed legislation. There is a saying, “Nothing about us without us”. The govern…

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…vernment that have come out of that public inquiry. Fast-forward to today, and we are talking about Bill C-29. If we look at what Bill C-29 is all about, let there be no doubt that it is specifically in response to calls to action 53, 54, 55 and 56. Call to action 53 states: We call upon the Parliament of Ca…

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…eport is now seven years old and not enough progress has been made. It is time to get the job done. Bill C-29, which is what we are debating today, is an act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation. It is a step in the right direction. This council will be tasked with monito…

Private Members' Business

…t addresses the state of health in our country and proposes a solution. This bill is very specific. Bill C-295, an act to amend the Criminal Code, targeted at the neglect of vulnerable adults, would do two things. First, it would: [amend] the Criminal Code to create a specific offence for long-term care faci…

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Madam Speaker, Bill C-295 is a bill that makes sense. It is a bill that we want to study in committee, that we want to support so that it moves forward. Like most bills in their original form, it is far from perfect, but it …