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House Hansard - 64

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 4, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • May/4/22 2:32:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, many people in this country live in regions and communities where they have no access to abortion services. The government has been in power for seven years and has done nothing to expand access to abortion services. We have an opportunity today to do something concrete by ensuring that we cover the cost of birth control and emergency contraceptives. Is the Prime Minister prepared to take this meaningful step today to truly expand access for people across the country?
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Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • May/4/22 2:33:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is about access. This is about women's lives, not about a political wedge. The Liberal government has had seven years to improve access to abortion services and it has done nothing. We have an opportunity today to do something concrete by ensuring that we cover the cost of birth control and emergency contraceptives. Is the Prime Minister prepared to take this meaningful step today, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • May/4/22 2:53:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have come to learn what we have long believed, which is that the Canada Infrastructure Bank does not actually deliver infrastructure. It just enriches those at the very top. We have long known that public-private partnerships do not actually benefit communities. In fact, the transport committee has made a recommendation that the Infrastructure Bank be scrapped. We have been calling for and we continue to call for the Infrastructure Bank to be turned into a climate bank that creates jobs for workers and builds infrastructure publicly to help us tackle the climate crisis. Will the Prime Minister do that? Will he turn the Infrastructure Bank into a climate bank that favours people and public investment?
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Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
Mr. Speaker, reports out of New Brunswick indicate there has been a 30% increase in overdose deaths in one year alone. We know this is a crisis gripping the entire country. Experts have called for decriminalization as one tool to tackle this serious crisis and to save lives. We agree. In fact, we have a private member's bill that calls for a health care approach instead of a criminal law approach to dealing with this crisis. Will the Prime Minister support our bill and save lives?
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Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • May/4/22 3:18:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its findings in June 2019. The Prime Minister accepted these findings, yet three years later there has been little action and no additional money to actually implement the findings. Grieving families are waiting. When will the government commit to real action on implementing the report and the findings?
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