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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 - 283 - Feb/15/24

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

Feb/15/24 4:46:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have had the same question through the whole debate today, and that is, as I have said before, that we all know that access to mental health supports varies by one's residence, by one's income and by one's ethnicity. People have trouble accessing mental health services. Would the hon. member support making mental health services fully part of the Canada Health Act, so that we can equalize access to mental health services in the country?

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Context: House Hansard - 283 - Feb/15/24

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

Feb/15/24 3:27:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that there is a class, racial and geographic aspect to being able to access mental health services. We have a problem for people in rural and remote communities. We have a problem in indigenous communities. We also have a problem for those who cannot pay for their services. As a way of also attacking this problem, would the member support making mental health services fully a part of the Canada health care plan?

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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24

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

Feb/13/24 1:37:39 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, once again, while I agree this time with the Conservatives that extending medical assistance in dying to those who have mental disorders as the sole underlying condition is very problematic and should not happen, I cannot understand the Conservatives not supporting moving quickly with the bill we have in front of us, because we face a deadline for when this will come into effect if we do not act.

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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24

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

Feb/13/24 12:33:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, while the member and I do not agree on a lot of things, this is a case in which we do stand together in our concerns about proceeding with allowing those with mental disorders as a sole underlying condition access to medical assistance in dying. My question is this. Given that this is true for, I think, most of the Conservative members, why are the Conservatives not helping to advance this bill as quickly as possible? We are facing this deadline, and this will come into force if we do not take action. Why are Conservatives holding up this bill today?

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Context: House Hansard - 253 - Nov/22/23

Mr. Randall Garrison

Nov/22/23 3:32:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. With respect, I think if you examine the proceedings today, you will see that the point of order raised by the member for Winnipeg Centre is about the use of the term “crazy”, referring to someone's mental health as a pejorative. It does not matter who it is applied to in this House. Her point of order was about the use of that term as a pejorative. I think you, Mr. Speaker, may have inadvertently confirmed that negative term in your ruling. I would like the Speaker to examine those records, because I think we need to make sure that in this House, we respect all those Canadians who are struggling with mental health issues and not use mental health as a pejorative in this House.

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Context: House Hansard - 113 - Oct/19/22

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

Oct/19/22 6:24:07 p.m.
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Re: Bill S-5

Madam Speaker, as I said in an earlier intervention, there is no doubt that there is a need to update the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and that there are some very good things in Bill S-5. However, surveys have found that there are a lot of toxic substances in ordinary consumer products. We had a study that found very high levels of lead in products that were being sold in dollar stores, including in canned food and children's toys. This bill does not have any requirement for more transparency from corporations about the presence of toxic chemicals in ordinary consumer products. Why is that left out of this version of the bill?

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