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House Hansard - 184

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 25, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Apr/25/23 10:07:14 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I stand today to table a petition on behalf of the graduate students of Canada, who are calling upon the Government of Canada to increase the number and monetary amounts of tri-council scholarships to better support graduate students. The value and number of scholarships offered by the tri-council has not changed in two decades. Alongside this, the cost of living in Canada is at historic highs, and graduate students and precarious researchers, who are our brain trust, are living at or below the poverty line.
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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Apr/25/23 12:02:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, the member very often raises the issue of EI, and I want to thank her for that. My colleague from Winnipeg Centre, earlier today, raised the point that the supposed feminist government is not really looking after the issues of women. We know that, when EI was first formulated, the participation rate of women in the workforce was less than half of what it is today. The EI system was not built for women. Can the member share some comments on why it is so important to get this modernized for women after seven years?
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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Apr/25/23 12:33:54 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, although I thank the member for the comments on housing, the Liberal government is tinkering around the edges in a crisis. I am happy to see that there are structural investments in this budget around dental care, which will be long-standing and eternal for Canadians. However, what the government really missed was housing. Where is the investment in affordable housing in this budget? We knew operating agreements that were made 40 years ago were going to expire. Ten years ago, we should have had our eye on it. Municipalities had their eye on the fact that operating agreements were expiring this year, last year, next year and the next three or four years. Where is the investment in affordable housing in this budget?
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