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House Hansard - 18

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 15, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 18 - Dec/15/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/15/21 2:32:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are deeply concerned about the omicron variant and how it is impacting them and their families. The federal government has a role to play in fighting back against this variant. We have three clear steps the federal government can take. Will it help accelerate access to a booster shot, make sure Canadians have access to free rapid testing and invest in our health care system to hire more health care workers to deal with the crisis? Will the Prime Minister commit to these three concrete steps to fight the variant?
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Context: House Hansard - 18 - Dec/15/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/15/21 2:34:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is telling Canadians what they can do. I am telling the Prime Minister what he can do. We are in the midst of a crisis and we have serious concerns about the omicron variant. We are calling on the government to take three clear steps: accelerate access to booster shots, accelerate access to free rapid testing and invest more money in our health care system to hire more frontline health care workers. Will the Prime Minister take these steps to help people deal with this variant?
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Context: House Hansard - 18 - Dec/15/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/15/21 2:52:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a housing crisis going on. The cost of housing has increased by almost 25% in one year. It is impossible to find affordable housing. Despite that, the Prime Minister did not include anything in the economic update to tackle this crisis. Why is the Prime Minister refusing to deal with the housing crisis?
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Context: House Hansard - 18 - Dec/15/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/15/21 2:53:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, those are great measures, but the Prime Minister had an opportunity to put them in place, to put them forward. Not only are Canadians dealing with the omicron variant, but they are dealing with inflation that is driving up the cost of living. They are dealing with a housing crisis that makes it impossible to find a home they can afford. The Prime Minister promised to take some actions, and we are saying, “Take those actions.” Will the Prime Minister fulfill his own promises to ban blind bidding? Will the Prime Minister put a tax on foreign buyers? Will the Prime Minister finally put a tax on property flippers? Why has he not done it already?
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Context: House Hansard - 18 - Dec/15/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/15/21 3:16:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in this very difficult time, the Liberal government has cut the help that the most vulnerable seniors in our country rely on. We have received numerous calls from seniors across this country who are telling us they cannot afford to pay for groceries, they cannot afford to pay their rent and they are worried they are going to lose their homes; many of them already have. The response from the Liberal government is a vague promise for a one-time payment sometime in the future. That is not acceptable and that is not a solution. When will the Prime Minister understand how serious this is and fix it?
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