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Bonita Zarrillo

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Port Moody—Coquitlam
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $129,260.13

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Context: House Hansard - 271 - Jan/30/24
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jan/30/24 1:20:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-59 
Mr. Speaker, the government member just said that, since 2015, the Liberals have recognized that the federal government needs to be involved in housing. That is not true. I am the representative for the NDP on HUMA. The housing minister of the very recent past refused to acknowledge that the Liberals have a market-driven lens on their take on housing. I can tell members that it has been damaging to my community of Port Moody—Coquitlam, and they are still doing it. I think about the rents right now and the seniors in my community who are being displaced by the gentrification. There has been luxury condo after luxury condo that the federal government has loaned money for. It has not spent a dollar on operating, when it needs to subsidize and help those seniors stay in homes. We have seniors living in tents. I am not going to let the Liberals take a victory lap on the work they have done since 2015 because they have done nothing.
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Context: House Hansard - 271 - Jan/30/24
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jan/30/24 11:45:47 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-59 
Madam Speaker, it is almost 12 noon; it is 11:45 a.m. I have been here since we started sitting this morning at 10 a.m., and the Conservatives have been playing games all day today, trying to delay this important work to get support to people. I am thinking specifically about the Canada disability benefit and all of those people who are waiting for that money to come to them. Too many seniors are being ejected from their homes right now. There are encampments and people living in tents. The Conservatives have nothing to offer other than complaining about the fact that they are offended about something and asking the Speaker if they can get apologies. I am over it. We need to get the Canada disability benefit to people now. Why are the Conservatives continuing to play games with people's lives?
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