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Mr. Speaker, I am rising because I was named by the Conservative member of Parliament for Thornhill in her question of privilege on Friday, and I would like to set the record straight. The member for Thornhill's characterization of my involvement in the event is wildly inaccurate and misleading. In her speech, she alleged that I organized the event and that the intention was to shut down Parliamen…
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Mr. Speaker, as I have now outlined, before I was rudely interrupted, not only did I not breach the member's privilege but I was not even present at the event that she alleges to have taken place. It is an extremely serious accusation from the member for Thornhill to allege that I breached her parliamentary privilege when I was not even present, and I find it deeply hurtful and problematic that a …
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Mr. Speaker, Women's Shelters Canada says that the housing shortage is trapping people in abusive circumstances, especially in cities where rent is skyrocketing. In Saskatchewan, victims are fleeing to rural areas with cheaper rents but with fewer social supports and public resources, and shelters in the greater Toronto area are overwhelmed because rents are out of reach. Liberals have let people …
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. This is just a friendly reminder to members to not use possessive terms when talking about indigenous people, like “their indigenous people” or “our indigenous people”.
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Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased to rise today to provide a response from the NDP on the report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, entitled “The Effects of the Housing Shortage on Indigenous Peoples in Canada”. There are 20 recommendations set out in this report. I want to speak to a couple of them. Before I speak about that, I want to talk about the level of injustice and t…
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Mr. Speaker, it is normalized racism in this country. It is a normalization of the exploitation of indigenous peoples, lands, territories and resources, where everybody benefits and very often not the nations. That is one of the issues. However, we have to just stop talking about bureaucracy. That is one of the problems, but government after government has underfunded the housing crisis. It starte…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the comment. However, we are many years out from the national inquiry, and the Liberal government has implemented two calls for justice. Housing is a critical piece of this. If we want to deal with gender-based violence, whether it relates to indigenous women, gender-diverse people or any person, we have to deal with housing. In that way, people are not p…
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to give an example, just because I do not have a lot of time. South Indian Lake, prior to Manitoba Hydro's coming in, had 70% employment in the whitefish industry, but because of the damage that was done as a result of Manitoba Hydro, its fishing industry was destroyed. Now there is 10% employment, mostly in administrative positions, in South Indian Lake. That has rippling …
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Mr. Speaker, I heard a Conservative come in here and ask whether he had missed much. I wish he had taken the time to listen. That is what I am talking about when I talk about humanity, because there is a whole lot of stinking privilege around here. Maybe if the member took a moment to listen, he would be a little more kind, a little more gentle, a little bit more compassionate and a little more ca…
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Mr. Speaker, I will tell members when things stopped improving; it was when we put in place the Indian Act. It was bad from the start and it is still bad, because that is what we call legislated racism: the Indian Act. The fact is that even I, as a woman under the Indian Act right now, do not have the same rights as other women, never mind as men. As well, we still have not amended the Indian Act,…
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Mr. Speaker, according to an investigation by the Ontario coroner's office, an additional 220 deaths occurred at Ontario residential schools, more than 50% higher than previously believed. This confirms what we already know. The Indian residential school system was a genocidal project, yet the government has not acted to protect survivors from rising residential school denialism, undermining truth…
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Madam Speaker, I have to say I am not pleased to rise today to participate in a debate on a concurrence motion about the member for Edmonton Centre usurping, appropriating, indigenous identity for financial benefit. What has been most disturbing is that, while my good colleague, an expert on Métis rights, stood here just now talking about Métis rights, the member for Kingston and the Islands felt …
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Madam Speaker, the member for Kingston and the Islands, again, when we are talking about the usurping of indigenous voices and identity, what does he do? He decides to do a point of order when an indigenous woman is talking, which is the height, again, of white supremacy. Then the member for Winnipeg North, the Liberal from Winnipeg North—
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Madam Speaker, I am going to go back to my point that the member did not allow me to finish. Then, the member for Winnipeg North, instead of learning from an expert, a descendant of the Red River Métis, heckled him during his response when he could have taken the time of reconciliation and truth to learn; it is shameful. At a time when the Liberal Party members should be standing in solidarity, if…
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague has been a tremendous ally who shows the kind of support I have had on the status of women committee and from women in the House of Commons who have worked across party lines. I would like to commend my hon. colleague for her support, especially for things such as the red dress alert and the connection between increased violence against indigenous women and girls aro…
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Mr. Speaker, I think one of the things I have struggled with is this. I have to say that I am really proud to be part of the NDP, which has respected my voice as an indigenous person, understanding that maybe sometimes my voice might be different. I have a deep respect from our leader and my colleagues, who have supported us and who understand that human rights are human rights, not just when it s…
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Mr. Speaker, what has happened with the member for Edmonton Centre is disgusting, but what is equally disgusting for me is the way the Conservatives are also hijacking indigeneity and indigenous identity for political gain. I know this for all the reasons I cited. The Conservatives were against the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. They are voting against the U…
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Madam Speaker, I had the privilege of sitting with my hon. colleague on the INAN committee during the revisions of Bill C-61. Today we are not here to talk about that; we are here to talk about, certainly, the member for Edmonton Centre and what is looking like identity fraud, and about the Conservatives' using the whole situation to look like they are friends of indigenous people, when they are t…
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Madam Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. I do not know what riding he is from; I will remember. He is having a really hard time controlling his toxic masculinity. I know, certainly, because they use sexist—
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Madam Speaker, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women has called out Canada's slow progress to end the ongoing genocide against indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people. The Liberals are failing to implement the calls for justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, failing to end forced sterilization and failing to a…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague and I come from the same city. I represent a riding with children experiencing some of the highest rates of poverty in the country. They should not be paying the bill for the billionaires and the big corporations. This is an opportunity for us to give some relief to Winnipeggers, and what are the Conservatives doing? They are voting against families. They are voting aga…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal's housing failure hurts people experiencing gender-based violence. Women's Shelters Canada found that, because of the rising cost of housing, almost all shelters are unable to meet increased demand. This is forcing women into precarious housing or to return to abusive situations. The Liberals are compromising safety because of their failed housing plans, and the Conservati…
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Mr. Speaker, today we rise on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women's 16 days of action. I honour all survivors of gender-based violence and frontline advocates, who know all too well the urgency of ending this ongoing crisis. Violence against women, girls and gender-diverse people is reprehensible, is shameful and remains all too common today. As experts point out, g…
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With regard to the funding programs falling under Employment and Social Development Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, broken down by fiscal year from 2018 to the present: (a) which organizations received funding, broken down by (i) funding stream, (ii) province, (iii) federal riding; (b) how much funding did each organization in (a) receive, broken down by (i) funding stream, (ii) pro…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have failed to deliver on their $10-a-day child care by allowing provinces to continue to pay child care workers inadequate wages, causing labour shortages and long wait-lists for families. A recent report by the Centre for Future Work has said that $10-a-day child care improves affordability for families and has allowed more women to return to work. What is stalling it? …
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Mr. Speaker, November 26 marks economic abuse awareness day, recognizing a form of domestic violence that all too often goes unnoticed. Financial abuse occurs in 99% of all domestic violence cases in which the abuser controls the finances, causing many victims to feel trapped and unable to leave the abuser due to lack of resources. The serious impacts of economic abuse can follow survivors long af…
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to correct the record: No, we do not have enough trees, and no, the Liberals have not planted what they promised. Getting back to the debate at hand, as I said before, the fact is that the Conservative Party voted unanimously against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Its former leader said that the crisis of MMIWG was not on his radar. I w…
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Mr. Speaker, I am just disgusted with the Liberals' barrel of scandals that followed a Conservative government under Harper, who also had a barrel of scandals. However, I have to say, I have been pretty nauseated having to listen to particularly the Conservative leader, the member for Carleton, pretending to be on the side of indigenous peoples when he is on the record being a residential school d…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I just want to remind the member that nobody owns indigenous people. We have risen in the House on several occasions to remind members not to call us “our” indigenous people. We are not pets.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order to thank the Speaker for his ruling yesterday, as well as to provide some input into how we believe the ruling should be interpreted and enforced, based on previous rulings and practice. As the Speaker indicated yesterday, “the Chair seeks the co-operation of all members to be judicious in choosing to wear buttons or pins and to be equally judicious in choos…
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Mr. Speaker, child poverty has increased for a second year in a row, and parents are struggling more than ever to buy essentials, such as baby formula and diapers. The Liberals have let families down. Meanwhile, the Conservatives want to cut child care and cut the national school food program. That will cost families thousands more dollars every single year. On World Children's Day, will the Prime…
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Mr. Speaker, I just need clarification. I wear, for example, a red dress pin to signify the ongoing genocide against indigenous women in Canada. I have worn shirts to signify the genocide that happened to indigenous people. I am wearing—
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Mr. Speaker, I have a point of order.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like you to respect my parliamentary privilege to raise a point of order.
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Mr. Speaker, families are getting gouged on essentials by greedy CEOs. The Liberals have let families down, and all the Conservatives are planning to do is cut programs like the national school food program, making kids go hungry. However, there is good news. The NDP's plan to remove the GST on life essentials like kids' clothing and diapers will bring relief to so many families. Will the Liberals…
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Mr. Speaker, I am honoured today to speak on behalf of the NDP to honour a great human being, Murray Sinclair, a mentor and a hero who had a profoundly kind and wise ability to cut through colonial noise to shine the truth on Canada's colonial history. This was a daunting task at a time where there was growing denialism about the horrors and genocide that occurred at the residential schools. He li…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague gave an amazing speech, as always. Everybody is talking about the workers in the oil and gas sector. I really appreciated what you shared, both from your personal experience working in the sector and the impacts it had on your life with your father. You spoke a lot about how both Conservatives and Liberals are letting the big polluters off the hook around not paying taxes…
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague seems to be focused on the NDP and the filibuster. I do agree it is a little bizarre that the Conservatives are blocking their own motion, but the Liberals just have to hand over the documents. She is so concerned about ending the filibuster, so I am wondering when her government will be handing over the documents it is required to hand over.
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Mr. Speaker, this is really entertaining coming from the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, who was heckling me during QP. On the toxic masculinity, I will not take it back, as it is including the toxic masculinity that I have seen from the other member. I have seen it physically with my own eyes. We cannot capture physical actions made toward members, including toward female members. I h…
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Mr. Speaker, I think it was two weeks ago that the member was doing this to a woman, the member for Edmonton Strathcona. Now he is doing it to Liberal members across the way. I just want to remind the member, as he heckles me in the House, that this is not the WWE. We are in the House of Commons; he should show a bit more respect and refrain from his violent behaviour.
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Mr. Speaker, during my question in question period, the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, while his Conservative bros giggled around him, heckled me in this chamber. I have had to remind this member before to calm down on his toxic masculinity. I am asking for him to control his inner macho man and apologize.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. This is the second occasion where I have seen the member for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, who is heckling me right now, threaten physical violence against members.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are ignoring rising food insecurity, something Manitobans know all too well. Over 50,000 people in Manitoba now rely on food banks, and Harvest Manitoba's president says that we are moving in the wrong direction. Obviously, the Liberals' backdoor talks with grocer CEOs are going nowhere, and the Conservatives are listening to lobbyists and staying silent on price gouging.…
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Mr. Speaker, this week, the special interlocutor, Kimberly Murray, delivered her final report on missing and disappeared indigenous children and unmarked burials in Canada. Among the obligations was adding residential school denialism to the Criminal Code. It is an essential measure to protect survivors from incitements of hate and violence. The Attorney General accepted this report, but will he l…
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Mr. Speaker, while the Liberals talk about abortion as a right but deny access to that right, Conservatives are actively voting for legislation to end safe, trauma-informed abortion care. We can just ask their former caucus members, who say anti-choice MPs are calling the shots. Whether they need heart surgery, knee surgery or an abortion, people have a right to access public health care. Will the…
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I do not think that a withdrawal with qualification is a withdrawal. In fact, the member went into another tirade of denigrating an individual, which is not a withdrawal. I would ask, through you, Mr. Speaker, for the member to withdraw his comment without qualification.
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, they are talking about taxpayer dollars. This filibuster has cost $15 million so far, and in the midst of it, we have to put up with the most degrading name-calling in the House, day in and day out. The Conservatives are denigrating other elected officials with their unacceptable behaviour. This is worse than a frat house with a bunch of frat boys in it. If they a…
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Mr. Speaker, the member has now accused me of not listening, and I was listening very carefully to him denigrating members of the House. Again, that is a withdrawal with a qualification. I would like the member to just withdraw the comment without any qualification. This is another example of including a qualification, a behaviour that is totally unacceptable. Now he is saying that I am not listen…
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