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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)

Jan/31/23 10:11:40 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is the first time I have had the opportunity to speak while you are in the chair. I want to wish you, Mr. Speaker, a very happy new year, as the statute of limitations on saying that starts tomorrow, February 1. I am proud to present a petition regarding a very important issue for Canadians, especially those in my riding. It is the question of the pollution of our oceans with plastic. Ocean plastics is a crisis. It is recognized globally and it was recognized recently at COP15. The petitioners in this case call for the Government of Canada to strengthen regulatory definitions to include more single-use plastic items and close loopholes that currently allow a tremendous number of plastic items to be replaced with more problematic plastic; to remove the exemption that allows banned products to continue to be manufactured; to implement a clear action plan to eliminate all single-use plastics by 2030; and to bring proposed regulations into force within six months of their publication.

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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)

Jan/31/23 12:49:52 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-35

Madam Speaker, vis-à-vis the exchange that the member had with the parliamentary secretary, I would like some clarity. Would the member agree with me that the bill does not tie down child care to any particular hours, that everything is to be negotiated province by province and that, regardless of the status of her insider knowledge of the Alberta agreement, it would be up to the Alberta government, just as it is for the Ontario government, to negotiate with the federal government to ensure early childhood education is available to as many parents as possible right across the country?

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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)

Jan/31/23 3:57:19 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-35

Mr. Speaker, I have sensed in this debate a misunderstanding across the aisle of the difference between child care, as in anyone possible available to look after the kid, and the concept underpinning this act, which is early learning and child care on enhanced childhood development. I wonder if the hon. member for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country would care to comment on this.

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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)

Jan/31/23 4:59:18 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-35

Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Ottawa West—Nepean for focusing so clearly on the issues of early learning and child care. There are high-quality benefits to early learning and child care. The literature on childhood development points to very clear advantages. As she has worked on this issue for a while, I wonder if she would perhaps contrast that with a program that is solely about somebody looking after one's child somewhere. Of course this program does not preclude someone who is lucky enough to have a grandparent who provides whatever kinds of supports a mom or dad needs by having access, at a parent's choice, to early learning and child care, with the priority being, as I see in this legislation, on high quality, which brings to mind my concerns about how much child care workers are going to be paid. The difference is important. I wonder if the hon. member would comment on that.

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