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House Hansard - 51

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 51 - Apr/1/22
Mr. Terry Duguid (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Lib.)
  • Apr/1/22 11:36:49 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am a proud Manitoban from western Canada. The Parliamentary Budget Officer confirmed that the majority of households will receive more in climate action rebates than they pay. That is eight out of 10 families. I will repeat those numbers, which are valid from coast to coast to coast. This year a family of four will receive $1,100 in Saskatchewan and Alberta and $830 in my home province of Manitoba. Those rebate cheques will start to arrive on July 15 and they will arrive each and every month.
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Context: House Hansard - 51 - Apr/1/22
Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)
  • Apr/1/22 12:15:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the next petition I have to present is from constituents from the towns of Fox Creek and Swan Hills. These two towns are in northern Alberta. The petitioners say that rising heat costs and other expenses make life more expensive in northern Alberta. They also have to travel great distances to access grocery stores and shopping centres. The petitioners state that there is an arbitrary line that runs across Alberta preventing Fox Creek and Swan Hills residents from accessing the northern residents deduction. The petitioners are calling on the government to include Fox Creek and Swan Hills communities within the prescribed intermediate zone, allowing the people who live in these two communities to be able to receive the northern residential deduction for living in northern Alberta.
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Context: House Hansard - 51 - Apr/1/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Apr/1/22 1:12:28 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for speaking so eloquently in support of this bill. I note how interesting and important it is to support minority languages across Canada, not just here in this place, but everywhere. I come from Alberta and in Alberta we have a francophone community. Of course, in my city we have Campus Saint-Jean. We have seen significant attacks on Campus Saint-Jean over the last few months, particularly under the Conservative provincial government. How does this bill help those minority communities to see that their language will be protected in other places, like Alberta?
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Context: House Hansard - 51 - Apr/1/22
Ms. Niki Ashton
  • Apr/1/22 1:13:05 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. He and our colleague from Edmonton Strathcona have been champions for Campus Saint-Jean, defending it and the francophone community in Alberta against vicious attacks by the provincial government. It is because of this reality that we in the NDP are recommending several measures for improving Bill C‑13. One of them involves ensuring that federal-provincial agreements contain language clauses, investment requirements and specific protections for francophone communities outside Quebec. As we have said, we missed an opportunity to include such protections in the last federal‑provincial agreement on child care. In all areas where federal‑provincial agreements are signed, such as post-secondary education and health, we must protect the rights of francophone communities outside Quebec and meet their needs.
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