44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2022 10:00AM
- Jun/21/22 2:20:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as a government, we have continually stood up to push back against sexual misconduct and harassment in organizations and workplaces across the country, and Hockey Canada is no different. Organizations and people in leadership positions must do their utmost to take decisions to end this culture and the trivialization of sexual violence in sport. It is why we commissioned the financial audit to shed light on the use of public funds. We want to get to the bottom of this, and all options are being considered to determine the next steps. This behaviour is unacceptable.
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- Jun/21/22 2:21:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that this pandemic has created hardships in workplaces around the country, but indeed people adapted. That was one of the innovations we brought in with a hybrid Parliament. IT allowed people suffering from COVID, while public health measures kept us safe, to be able to work.
I know there are many more people who continue to benefit from being able to do work remotely. We need to understand that this is a workplace, like others, and ensuring that there is an ability to do this work in responsible ways, while adjusting to the realities of the future, is something we will continue to do.
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- Jun/21/22 2:22:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, how we work in Parliament is determined by parliamentarians working together to determine the Standing Orders and how best to represent constituents and to be there for Canadians to debate, talk about and pass important legislation. We have seen the Conservatives consistently use obstructionist tactics to try to slow down gun control measures, to slow down child care and to slow down supports for Canadians in every possible way they can.
We will continue to do our work, to be accountable and to engage with Canadians in every way possible.
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- Jun/21/22 2:24:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that this is a difficult, stressful and completely unacceptable situation. Canadians have started travelling again and we are seeing an increase in the number of passport applications.
We have created new centres to increase processing capacity. We have hired 600 new employees and will be hiring 600 more. We created a new online appointment tool and we will continue to work night and day to get more passports out to Canadians. We recognize that this is a problem and we will fix it.
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- Jun/21/22 2:26:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are doing everything we can to ensure that Canadians can get their passport on time.
We have issued more than 360,000 passports since April 1. Fully 100% of passport office counters are open. Employees continue to work overtime every day and on weekends to process applications and we are getting help from staff at Employment and Social Development Canada on the weekends.
We will continue to do everything necessary to resolve this situation for Canadians.
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- Jun/21/22 2:27:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we understand that there has been a surge of passport renewal applications since travel restrictions were lifted, which is why Passport Canada staff have been working day and night to issue passports to Canadians.
We understand that people are facing unacceptable delays and an extremely difficult situation, but we are continuing our work every day to resolve this situation, and we will resolve it.
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- Jun/21/22 2:28:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in January, we began hiring hundreds of new employees for passport services, because we saw this coming.
Workers are swamped. There is a huge number of passport applications, and we are increasing the number of employees and resources, and accelerating solutions for passport delivery so that Canadians can travel this summer and see their families. That is exactly what we want to do for Canadians, and that is what we are going to fix.
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- Jun/21/22 2:29:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Leader of the NDP for asking a question on indigenous issues on this National Indigenous Peoples Day.
It is extremely important that we deliver clean water to people right across the country. That is why we made a commitment on ending long-term boil water advisories. When we got into office in 2015, there were 109 in place. We have now lifted over 120, but there are more to do. I can assure members that in every community where there is a long-term boil water advisory, there is also a plan, a project manager and the resources in order to lift that drinking water advisory for good.
We will continue the work to make sure we are creating real opportunities for indigenous peoples across this country.
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- Jun/21/22 2:31:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that protection of sovereignty in our Arctic happens and passes through the people who have lived there for millennia.
That is why, in our investments in northern security, in our investments in NORAD modernization, the Nunavummiut, the Premier of Nunavut P.J. Akeeagok and others, including Natan Obed and the ITK, have been involved in these discussions. We know that as we build infrastructure for safety and protection in the north, we need to be hand-in-hand with the people who live there and create benefits for them as well as we invest in safety in the north.
That is what we will continue to do, hand-in-hand, in the true spirit of partnership and reconciliation.
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