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House Hansard - 92

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 20, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Jun/20/22 1:14:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, my question is really around the importance of a healthy CBSA. We know that we need to have enough people on the ground watching for the guns that are coming over the border. I represent a region with a lot of people who have guns for shooting at the range and of course for hunting. I also represent 19 Wing and I want to acknowledge the work that it has done to address some of the serious realities of drugs and guns being transported across the border. The Conservative Party, in the last government that it formed, cut over 1,000 CBSA workers' jobs. This was a major concern then. I just do not understand how they can talk about wanting to take this challenge of getting illegal guns off the streets if they are not willing to make sure that the people are there to staff that effort.
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jun/20/22 2:47:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, airport delays continue to cause stress for so many travellers. There are not enough airport workers, and the existing ones are overstretched and underpaid. Instead of simply paying airport workers fairly, the current government is offering a bonus for workers who do not take vacation or sick time this summer. Seriously, in the midst of a pandemic, the minister is incentivizing workers to come to work sick. If he wants to get travellers moving again, he needs to scrap this program immediately and start paying workers fairly. Will he?
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Jun/20/22 2:48:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to stress how urgent the situation is and that our government is working toward easing the delays at our airports. We have added more than 900 CATSA workers over the last few weeks. We have increased the number of CBSA agents. We have adjusted many of our measures, in collaboration with airports and airlines, to ease airport delays. We are working with workers, who have been working very hard over the last weeks, to address this issue. There is a lot of work to be done, but we are committed to it.
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Jun/20/22 7:23:30 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, for once I have to agree with the member for Winnipeg North. The Conservatives just do not seem to want the bill to pass in any shape or form. They voted against Bill C-10, an old version of the bill. They asked the government not to reintroduce it. They have not gotten any wins for workers during the whole pandemic. Why are they siding with web giants like Netflix who do not pay their fair share, instead of supporting arts and culture workers, who have suffered so much in the last couple of years, and passing this bill?
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