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Randall Garrison

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $148,586.11

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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)
  • Dec/7/23 3:12:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, anti-2SLGBTQI+ hate crimes in Canada are up 80%. What my community needs right now is action to help keep people safe, especially the most marginalized. Thousands of Canadians have already called on the government to implement the recommendations in the “White Paper on the Status of Trans and Gender Diverse People”, but trans and gender-diverse organizations need resources now. Will the Minister for Women and Gender Equality commit to stable funding for trans and gender diverse-led organizations to make sure they can push back against hate and violence?
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Context: House Hansard - 262 - Dec/5/23
Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)
  • Dec/5/23 2:14:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, hate and violence against 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians, and especially against trans and gender-diverse people, is clearly on the rise. This includes in my own constituency, which has seen a recent spate of hate crimes. What we need now is action from the federal government to help communities build the resilience they need to fight back. In an e-petition, more than 5,000 Canadians have already called on the government to implement the recommendations from the “White Paper on the Status of Trans and Gender Diverse People”. Unions are calling for amending the Employment Equity Act to include 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians for the first time. This would help trans and gender-diverse Canadians, who are among the most economically marginalized, get access to employment in the public service and federally regulated industries. We need leaders at all levels to speak out against hate and violence. Even more, we need to empower 2SLGBTQI+ organizations so that we can all take our place as full and equal citizens.
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