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House Hansard - 27

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 9, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Feb/9/22 3:57:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to stand in the House today to introduce a petition from the people of Savary Island, in my riding. The reality for the folks in this small community, which has 100 people who are there full time, is they still do not have access, since 1980, to Canada Post. Right now, people from this area have to take a boat in, and it is quite a journey. We need to make sure that mail is accessible everywhere in this country. I look forward to hearing the government's response.
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Feb/9/22 4:54:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, one of the things, as the seniors spokesperson for the NDP, that I have been fighting for that I did not see in this fiscal update was an actual commitment to the seniors who lost their GIS because of the clawback by the government. The most vulnerable seniors, working seniors across this country have lost everything in some cases. I am talking to seniors who have lost their homes and are living in vehicles. I have talked to seniors who cannot afford medication. I heard a story not too long ago about a senior who could not afford healthy meals and could not afford their diabetes medication and, as a result, lost their life because of this GIS clawback. I wonder if this member could speak to that and his feelings about what we need to do to treat the seniors of this country more respectfully.
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