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House Hansard - 303

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 19, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Apr/19/24 10:23:52 a.m.
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The hon. member for Winnipeg Centre is rising on a point of order.
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.)
  • Apr/19/24 12:21:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, just recently, WestJet announced new international flights, along with some domestic flights, one of which is direct to Ottawa, but it is encouraging when international airlines expand services, and that is what this petition is all about. Petitioners are asking to have airlines take a look, along with the government, at ways in which we can enhance direct flight services to Europe, in particular to India. Ideally, we would speak to WestJet and others to encourage them to consider looking at those direct flights from Winnipeg to India.
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Context: House Hansard - 303 - Apr/19/24
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • Apr/19/24 12:45:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am not sure if my hon. colleague was as shocked as I was by the comments of praise given to his own government by the member for Winnipeg North. I want to build on what the member was saying about how the word indigenous was not even mentioned once by the finance minister. The fact that the government gave more money to deal with auto theft in this budget than it did to finding murdered and missing indigenous women and girls is sending a very clear message to indigenous people that it values cars more than it values us. That is how crass the government has been. We know we are billions of dollars short to deal with the housing gap. We know there continues to be boil water advisories. However, I want to speak specifically about the north. We are in the middle of a climate emergency. The government is watching in real time resources not being able to get to communities, and it is a becoming a crisis, yet the government has failed to act. How concerned are communities in the north about the failure of governments to deal with this growing crisis?
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