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Michelle Ferreri

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Peterborough—Kawartha
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $106,196.43

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Context: House Hansard - 284 - Feb/16/24
Ms. Michelle Ferreri (Peterborough—Kawartha, CPC)
  • Feb/16/24 12:42:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I love how my colleague speaks about his wife and his children. Knowing him on a personal level, I know how valuable his children and family life are to him. Going back to what he was talking about with the single moms, we have the stats here right now coming out of the child care program. I will reiterate what he was saying; 77% of high-income parents access child care, versus 41% of low-income families. Does he think we should be prioritizing those people who are most vulnerable and who need this most but who are not getting access to it fairly? It is proven through the stats that the $10-a-day child care program by the Liberals and NDP is not equitable. What does the member have to say about that?
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Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23
Ms. Michelle Ferreri (Peterborough—Kawartha, CPC)
  • Jun/6/23 9:41:55 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, my colleague is always very thoughtful, and I appreciate learning from her. She did make a comment that I would like to correct on the record. I think it says it best about the difference between prioritizing and eliminating. I am going to read her a comment that Ms. Maggie Moser, director of the board of directors of the Ontario Association of Independent Childcare Centres, made at committee. She said: Lower-income families were excluded from obtaining access to the CWELCC child care spots. Families who could already afford the fees of their centre were the ones who benefited from the rebates and discounts, while the rest were left behind on a long wait-list. Does she recognize that the way the bill is currently written is actually hurting lower-income families?
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Ms. Michelle Ferreri (Peterborough—Kawartha, CPC)
  • Jan/30/23 6:05:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Mr. Speaker, does the member opposite believe there should be preference given to low or middle-income Canadians over those who can afford it? The way the bill is currently written, it would subsidize wealthy families and push those most vulnerable to the back of these long wait-lists. Where does he sit? Does he not think that we should be prioritizing child care for our most vulnerable Canadian families?
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