SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 105

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 29, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 105 - Sep/29/22
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Sep/29/22 10:49:05 a.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, one of the things I have been hearing a lot lately from seniors in northwest B.C. is how difficult it is to make ends meet on a fixed income, how their pensions, old age security is insufficient to cover the basic costs of living. So many people have asked me when their public pension will increase to the point where they can afford the basics, where they can have the dignity of being able to pay for rent, medication and the things that so many of us take for granted. Could the parliamentary secretary outline his government's plans, if indeed it has them, to finally increase the public pensions to a point where people can have the dignity of a basic income to pay for the things they need?
133 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 105 - Sep/29/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Sep/29/22 2:50:05 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, indigenous people in my riding of Edmonton Griesbach and across Canada are overrepresented in the houseless population. The ones who do have housing live in overcrowded homes or homes in dire need of repair. Today, the Parliamentary Budget Officer reported that homes are now 67% more expensive than what the average Canadian can afford. The government is failing to help indigenous people, who have been hit hard by the housing crisis. Before the next budget, will the Liberals fully fund the “for indigenous, by indigenous” housing initiative that the government promised?
95 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 105 - Sep/29/22
Mr. Colin Carrie (Oshawa, CPC)
  • Sep/29/22 3:01:47 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, Deb, a constituent, found out she was being evicted from her affordable apartment due to Liberal inflation. She worked her whole life as a nurse, caring for others in need. Now, on a disability pension in her early sixties, she has no home security and a limited income that is being consistently eroded by new Liberal tax grabs. Will the finance minister give Deb hope and dignity for a future where she can afford a home or will she condemn Deb to poverty in her senior years by tripling the tax on gas, heat and groceries?
98 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 105 - Sep/29/22
Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • Sep/29/22 4:27:03 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, the point is that people cannot afford food right now. They cannot afford to put fuel in their vehicles. We have reports of students living in homeless shelters. We know that the stats for food banks are up across the country. This is the state we are in right now. People cannot even afford their basic necessities. Now is not the time to increase anything, during this 40-year-high inflation, that will further stop people from being able to afford even the basic necessities.
87 words
All Topics
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border