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House Hansard - 229

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 4, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Oct/4/23 2:23:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People. In the spring, the NDP led the call for the House to declare the continued loss of indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people as a Canada-wide emergency and to commit to providing immediate and substantial investment. This included the red dress alert, which would activate the public's assistance whenever an indigenous woman, girl or two-spirit person goes missing. Families and organizations such as Sisters in Spirit and the Native Women's Association are calling on the federal government to invest in this alert system to save lives. This is a matter of life and death. There is no more time to wait. The Liberals have not done enough to protect precious lives. The government continues to fall behind in enacting the calls for justice for indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender-diverse people. Today, the NDP calls on the Liberal government again to take this emergency seriously and immediately act on the call for a national red dress alert.
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Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23
The Speaker
  • Oct/4/23 4:09:16 p.m.
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The Chair has notice of a request for an emergency debate from the hon. member for Thornhill.
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