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Lisa Marie Barron

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Nanaimo—Ladysmith
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 66%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,270.93

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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Jan/30/23 5:37:55 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Mr. Speaker, the member was talking about discrimination against women, and I found myself reflecting on what really does discriminate against women. We know that what discriminates against women is not having access to public and non-profit child care that provides affordable, high-quality and accessible day care for families who need it, not day care that makes profit off the backs of parents. We also know that public and non-profit child care provides better wages and working conditions for staff, who are predominantly women. The member is clearly very much in support of child care. How can the member justify throwing away a bill that would provide national, accessible, affordable child care for families as being in the best of interests of anybody?
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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • May/31/22 12:44:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, some groups experience multiple discriminations at the same time, such as, for example, women from indigenous communities who are under-represented in academic settings. That is just one example. Therefore, an intersectional approach is essential to understanding and addressing the barriers and biases that exclude under-represented groups. Does the member believe that removing affirmative action may reinforce these biases and further exclude under-represented groups?
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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • May/31/22 10:40:23 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague. Women are still under‑represented in academic communities. This discrimination reinforces biases that are deeply rooted but that can be mitigated using active measures. Instead of strengthening measures that eliminate the systemic barriers that women face, why does the hon. member want to maintain those barriers?
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