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House Hansard - 177

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 31, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Ms. Jenna Sudds (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Lib.)
  • Mar/31/23 11:50:20 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, on this day, I am thinking of Emma Wakelin, a trans woman who shared that “It feels like every day we awake to a new law being proposed to strip us of our human rights, or more violence that extinguishes yet another trans life.” As the trans community members face attacks against their identity, dignity and existence, we, as a government, will continue to stand with them today and every day.
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Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Ms. Jenna Sudds (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Lib.)
  • Mar/31/23 12:06:53 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, of course the tragic events in Nova Scotia nearly three years ago devastated the nation. Our government is working hard to ensure that every woman has the support she needs and a place to sleep each and every night. We continue to make investments to ensure that this is the case, including in the budget just announced the other day, with $160 million, starting this year, for women's programs to ensure we are supporting shelters and women fleeing violence.
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Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Ms. Jenna Sudds (Kanata—Carleton, Lib.)
  • Mar/31/23 12:30:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions from constituents in my riding. The first petition was signed by 25 constituents in my riding of Kanata—Carleton. They would like to see the federal government do more to protect consumers, and as a result, want to see consumers reflected in important policy, regulatory and legislated decisions. To that end, the petitioners are calling on the government to establish an independent Canadian consumer advocate who would be answerable to government.
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Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Ms. Jenna Sudds (Kanata—Carleton, Lib.)
  • Mar/31/23 12:31:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the second petition I would like to present today is signed by 644 of my constituents, on Canada's democratic process. The petitioners are a group of passionate high school students from Earl of March Secondary School and these young people believe that youth possess the knowledge and experience to take part in the most important responsibility in a democracy and that is voting in elections. In this petition, they call on the government to lower the minimum voting age to 16.
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