SoVote

Randall Garrison

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
NDP

Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
British Columbia
Voting Attendance: 66%
Expenses Last Quarter: $148,586.11

Government Page

Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24

Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)

Apr/30/24 4:25:35 p.m.
Watch

Madam Speaker, I listened to the member's speech with great care, and I appreciate her concern for members of the community. I wonder whether she shares my concern that the level set in the budget for people with disabilities of a $200-a-month benefit is far too low and that it should be perhaps doubled, at least, before we proceed with the budget. We proposed this disability benefit almost four years ago, during the pandemic. At the time, we anticipated it would be set at a level to lift all people with disabilities out of poverty, and certainly the current rate would not do that.

107 words

Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22

Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)

Oct/18/22 5:16:30 p.m.
Watch
Re: Bill C-31

Madam Speaker, this debate always strays away from the real need for dental care in this country. When people say programs already exist, it is simply not true. There is no province that provides coverage for every family, every individual, every person with a disability who earns less than $90,000 a year. It simply does not exist in this country. I can tell the House about a family that came into my office for help on another federal program and literally burst into tears when they found out they could take their kids to the dentist. We have heard the Conservatives, in particular their leader, talk like Santa to working people, but when it comes to trying to delay this program so that cheques do not come out before the end of the year, their delay tactics look a lot more like Scrooge.

144 words

All Topics

Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22

Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)

May/9/22 6:09:37 p.m.
Watch
Re: Bill C-19

Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to the member for Richmond Hill's speech, and I noticed he did mention, in addition to seniors, people with disabilities. In the heart of the pandemic, the member for Elmwood—Transcona and I wrote to the minister, asking for the creation of a federal disability benefit to help lift all people with disabilities out of poverty, as a first step toward a guaranteed livable basic income. I wonder what is happening on the government side when it comes to providing that necessary income support for people with disabilities.

96 words

All Topics

Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22

Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)

Apr/25/22 4:26:50 p.m.
Watch

Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Davenport for her speech, and I am going to pass over the irony of a government that just passed a new fossil fuel extraction project complaining, however justly, about the records of other governments. I am also going to pass over the fact that, when Liberals speak now about their budget, they tend to emphasize the things that are in the confidence and supply agreement that they forged with our party. I want to go to the question that I noticed the member did not talk about, and that is the fact that people with disabilities in this country continue to live in poverty. There is nothing in the budget to establish a universal income program at the federal level to lift people with disabilities out of poverty, or even to amend the disability tax credit to make it more accessible. Does the hon. member support this failure on the part of her government?

162 words

All Topics

SoVote

Member of Parliament

Randall Garrison