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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 24, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 3 - Nov/24/21
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Nov/24/21 5:18:58 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to add my name in congratulations of your sitting in that seat. It is an honour to see you there. I also want to take this opportunity, as it is my first time to stand in the House, to thank the North Island—Powell River constituents for allowing me a third term in the House to represent them. I really did appreciate what I heard from the previous member when he talked about the importance of being double-vaxxed. That is something I am very concerned with as well. I am particularly concerned for the people who work in this building and who have children 12 and under who cannot be vaccinated. We have members in the House who are travelling across the country and potentially bringing COVID here. If we have members in the House who are unvaccinated, even if they are being tested every 48 hours they are still bringing that here. What does that mean for the people who work here? Are we not responsible in the House for the work environment of all the people in this place?
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Context: House Hansard - 3 - Nov/24/21
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Nov/24/21 8:26:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, congratulations to you. It is good to see you in the chair. For the NDP, one of our biggest concerns is the fact that we see a Liberal government that says a lot of great things that people believe but it does not take the next step into action. When we look at what is happening in British Columbia, where we are seeing communities, indigenous communities, being completely isolated now because of this terrible weather incident, we know that it is just going to continue to grow because of climate change. Could the member speak a little about what we need to see in terms of action?
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