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House Hansard - 149

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 30, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jan/30/23 2:50:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, two seasons of travel chaos left Canadians sleeping on airport floors, stranded in countries around the world and out thousands of dollars. The government has over 33,000 air passenger complaints before it and the folks who do manage to jump through all of the Liberals' hoops are having to wait over a year and a half to have their complaints reviewed. Despite all of this the government has not fined the airlines a single dollar for failing to compensate passengers. Why is it that Canada seems to have a minister for airlines but no minister for air passengers?
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jan/30/23 5:55:18 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Mr. Speaker, the member for Battlefords—Lloydminster implied in her comments that these national child care agreements are not going to meet the needs of parents with certain work schedules. I believe that is indeed a good concern to have. However, I want to bring her attention to a great project in northwest B.C. in the District of Kitimat, where Tamitik Status of Women is working on 60 child care spaces that are going to be offered 24 hours a day. It is the first 24-hour child care available in British Columbia. Could my colleague share with me and with this place whether the provincial government in her home province is working on similar partnerships?
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Jan/30/23 6:24:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Mr. Speaker, I think my colleague across the way will agree that early childhood educators and other child care workers have been undervalued and underpaid for years and years. This is something in British Columbia that the provincial government has taken some steps to rectify. There is a lot of work left to do, but really what we need is a national approach to ensuring fair working conditions and fair compensation for these educators. Could my colleague inform the House whether he would support adding an explicit commitment to Bill C-35 to ensure that right across Canada early childhood educators earn the kinds of wages that they deserve for the role that they play in our children's upbringing and development?
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