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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 11, 2024 10:00AM
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 34 on page 7 with the following: “and underrepresented groups; (a.1) the importance of having a balance of members who represent labour, Indigenous organizations and industry; and”
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  • Apr/11/24 11:24:40 a.m.
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moved: Motion No. 141 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 8 to 11 on page 11 with the following: “graph (c);” Motion No. 142 That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 11 with the following: “ing data in relation to Indigenous peoples or Black and other racialized individuals, describe”
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  • Apr/11/24 11:24:40 a.m.
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 11 with the following: “of the provinces and territories and Indigenous govern-”
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  • Apr/11/24 11:24:40 a.m.
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 11 with the following: “territories, Indigenous peoples, trade unions, non-unionized workers, munici-”
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  • Apr/11/24 11:35:45 a.m.
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moved: That Bill C-50, in Clause 18, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 12 with the following: “ritories, Indigenous peoples and any other ex-”
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  • Apr/11/24 12:22:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have just gone through all of the amendments, and I agree with every one, especially the ones I put my name to that talk about making sure that we pay attention to indigenous groups and to our communities. Every one of those that I have put my name to has been researched and dealt with. That is the first part. The second part is about our five-year plans and new deals. We are all banned from Russia right now, but I was there back in the eighties playing hockey. When I did that, and when we were there, we happened to be there during the two weeks the Soviet party in congress was coming together to talk about what the next five years were going to be. Do members think they were listening to their people or to themselves?
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  • Apr/11/24 12:56:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have done a lot of consultation since 2019. We have certainly had conversations with industry, with provinces and territories, with indigenous groups and with environmentalists. The bill was introduced here in June of last year. It stayed here for eight months, which is a long time. Having said that, we respect provincial jurisdiction. This bill focuses on areas of federal jurisdiction.
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  • Apr/11/24 2:46:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her advocacy in the House. We thank the Assembly of First Nations for its partnership. We actually worked together with it on this report, and we welcome the important recommendations it brought forward. We know decades of underinvestment and discrimination have led to this infrastructure deficit, which is indeed a crisis for indigenous peoples across this country. Our government has put a stop to this, with record investments, by dramatically increasing up to 1,100% since 2016. We are taking action to close the infrastructure gap and we will not stop until it is done.
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  • Apr/11/24 2:47:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there are many residential school survivors and family members of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls in British Columbia who are non-status. This week, they are learning that their access to counselling is being cut-off because the Liberals, like the Conservatives before them, are underfunding first nations' health. These are community members who have experienced serious trauma and for whom counselling is a key part of their healing journey. Why is the government denying survivors access to critical counselling?
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  • Apr/11/24 2:47:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, violence against indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender-diverse people must be put to an end. After the previous government dragged its feet for years, we called a national inquiry. We have an action plan that was co-developed with indigenous partners. We made progress. For example, we built 12 new cell towers along the Highway of Tears in British Columbia and new shelters for indigenous women. We are supporting frontline indigenous victims services and 36 indigenous-led policing services. We will continue to do more.
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