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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 - 284 - Feb/16/24

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

Feb/16/24 10:56:42 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, like that of the hon. member, my riding is rapidly growing with lots of young families. What people are finding, whether they are talking about setting up a new public sector child care centre or a non-profit, even as new entrepreneurs, is that they lack the workers. What is the government going to do to make sure that we increase the compensation that would help attract more people into this important field?

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Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23

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

Dec/14/23 1:44:05 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, once again, I find it very hard to connect the member's speech to the subject in front of us. I suspect that is because the Conservatives do not really want to take a position on the anti-scab legislation because they are busy posing as friends of labour. By talking about inflation, is the member actually saying that it is workers' wages that are driving inflation? The Conservatives have been arguing all the time that it is the carbon tax. When we look at what is driving inflation, we find it is the war in Ukraine and the increasing greed of corporate profits in the gas and oil industry. Is the member, by focusing on inflation, saying it is the workers' fault inflation is happening? Some hon. members: Oh, oh!

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Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23

Mr. Randall Garrison

Dec/14/23 12:25:52 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, if we are going to talk about the topic of this bill and use the term “replacement workers”, I would just like to point out that they are temporary foreign workers, however people feel about them. I happen to think that temporary foreign workers are a good addition to our economy. However we feel about them, they are not replacement workers under this legislation. Either the members are confused or they are deliberately—

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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 5:39:55 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I wonder whether the hon. member shares with me my confidence that the new bill would do a better job than those in both British Columbia and Quebec, in that it attempts to address the question that is important in areas where the federal government has jurisdiction of remote work, especially in telecommunications. I wonder whether she shares the optimism that the bill would help address the use of replacement workers working from home.

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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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