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House Hansard - 38

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 1, 2022 10:00AM
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Mr. Speaker, every day as I walk to Parliament hill, I am shocked at how cold it is. It is freezing. Members can imagine living outside in this cold and imagine living on the streets. Our homelessness crisis in Peterborough—Kawartha continues to soar. We have at least 317 people on our streets. This past weekend, one man's mission united dozens of people who donated their time and money to take part in the Coldest Night of the Year walk in support of a new charity: Street Level Advocacy. Scott Couper, the founder, walks the streets of Peterborough every day, connecting with people living on the street. He set a goal to raise $20,000, but the charity raised over $28,000. Money raised will go toward helping the homeless and a strategic plan to get people off the streets and into permanent housing. I thank all those who participated. The power of one is the power of many. Empathy plus action is how we change the world.
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  • Mar/1/22 2:53:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe the Tourism Industry Association would disagree greatly with the minister. An ER nurse sent me a message yesterday because she is in isolation. Her ER is desperately understaffed and she is stuck at home with zero symptoms because she was randomly selected to do a PCR test at the border, on top of the rapid test. Canadians need a plan. They need answers. Provinces across the country are following the advice of medical health officers and dropping mandates. When will the Prime Minister give Canadians a plan and a timeline on when federal vaccine mandates will be dropped?
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