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Lisa Marie Barron

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Nanaimo—Ladysmith
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,270.93

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Context: House Hansard - 287 - Feb/28/24
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Feb/28/24 2:53:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, sky-high food prices are driving people to food banks. This did not happen overnight. It is because consecutive Liberal and Conservative governments put the profits of rich grocery CEOs before people. Visits to Nanaimo's Loaves & Fishes food bank were up 44% in just six months. Loaves & Fishes is beyond capacity and requires federal support in building a distribution centre to keep up with demand. Will the Prime Minister provide this funding so that people on Vancouver Island are not left to go hungry?
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Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Jun/6/23 7:53:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for that riveting history around clause 510 in the budget implementation act. I appreciated learning more information about that. I was reflecting, when the member was sharing his speech, on some of the things he was not talking about. I am wondering if the member could talk about the important work of ensuring that the ultrarich and banks are paying what they owe. Currently, thanks to the work of the NDP, we are seeing in the budget the alternative minimum tax rate increasing from 15% to 20.5%, which would recoup over $3 billion in five years. I am wondering if the member supports this work and why we never hear from the Conservatives about the importance of having the ultrarich and large corporations paying what they owe so that money can go where we need it most.
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