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House Hansard - 84

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 8, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/8/22 3:19:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, people with disabilities are relying on the government to fast track a Canada disability benefit to deliver support without delay. After years of a pandemic, the skyrocketing cost of living is leaving people with disabilities behind. We know emergency COVID payments reached less than one-third of these Canadians because the data was not available. That is unacceptable. Will the minister fix this problem immediately to make sure no one living with a disability is left out of needed income supports ever again?
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/8/22 4:56:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for speaking about health. One in five people in this country works in the care economy. Those health care workers and care workers are being exploited in this country. They are immigrants, more often women without secured status; seniors caring for seniors in long-term care homes without, in too many cases, proper PPE, adequate linens or lifting equipment; and nurses, who were not even mentioned in the budget speech. They deserve better. When will the government respect the women in the care economy by paying them properly, give immigrant care workers immediate permanent status, and give long-term care workers the protection they deserve with legislation?
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