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Randall Garrison

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
NDP

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

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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24

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

Feb/27/24 12:50:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member is the chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. Does the committee have any plans to investigate accountability for the Phoenix pay system? It was planned by the Conservatives to cost $310 million and now has cost more than $2.6 billion, with more than 200,000 public servants still facing problems with their pay. Is the committee going to investigate that Conservative boondoggle?

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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24

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

Feb/27/24 12:34:56 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I always enjoy when the Liberals and the Conservatives have a contest over who the worst managers in government are. It is quite ironic that the Conservatives are so focused on this one instance of misspending, when they were the government that brought in the Phoenix pay system. They estimated that would cost $310 million, and it has now cost more than $2.6 billion. My question to the member refers to something she said in her speech about how our confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals does not benefit working people. Does she not support the dental care plan that we started? Is she opposed to the pharmacare plan we just received agreement on? Does she oppose the anti-replacement worker legislation? Does she not think those programs benefit working people in this country?

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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23

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

Nov/27/23 6:09:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder how the hon. member for Windsor West squares the rhetoric we keep hearing from the Conservatives about powerful paycheques with the fact that they oppose legislation like this and they have twice before voted against a federal minimum wage.

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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23

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

Nov/27/23 5:58:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we have heard the Conservatives talk a lot about more powerful paycheques. Could the member expand a bit on how workers got more powerful paycheques and the role of trade unions in getting health and safety requirements in the workplace, better leave requirements and a living wage for workers? How would the bill help them advance that work?

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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23

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

Nov/27/23 1:10:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I always enjoy these sessions in the House, where the Conservatives and the Liberals compete over who is the worst at things. Whether it is the worst at supporting Ukraine, or the worst at supporting housing or the worst friends of workers, it is nice to hear that debate between the two of them. I have a very serious question. The Conservatives like to talk about powerful paycheques, and we know what made powerful paycheque, the trade union movement. It was the trade union movement that raised wages. It was the trade union movement that set the standards for leave, including parental leave and sick leave, and even weekends. It was the trade union movement that set standards for occupational health and safety. Does that mean, if the Conservatives really are the friends of workers and better friends than the Liberals, that they are going to be supporting this legislation in order to make paycheques more powerful?

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