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House Hansard - 193

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 9, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Hon. Marci Ien (Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 2:49:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, access to abortion is simply health care. That is why, today, $4.2 million went to Action Canada and UBC to increase access to abortion. Women's rights are being attacked everywhere, even in this country. An attack on women's rights is an attack on human rights. We will always unequivocally defend a woman's dignity and right to choose her own future.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • May/9/23 7:25:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague quickly addressed the issue of women's groups. She spoke about how the Bloc Québécois has worked to reassure hunters. She also mentioned in her speech that women's groups are concerned about violence. A measure was proposed for women's groups, the red flag provisions, and we discussed it. I would like my colleague to talk about that. Could she tell us more?
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Ms. Kristina Michaud
  • May/9/23 7:25:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, that just happened in committee. We looked at clause 4, the red flag provisions. It is a measure proposed by the government that seemed worthwhile at first. Now, women's groups from across the country have appeared before the committee or have sent letters to us and the Minister of Public Safety expressing their worries that this measure will relieve the police and law enforcement of responsibility, that this tool should not be included in the act and that it will harm rather than help women. I heard that and I wondered who better to speak to that issue than women's shelters. I therefore voted against that measure. The NDP and the government voted in favour of it.
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