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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 - 201 - May/29/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • May/29/23 2:50:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Halifax is over $2,500. That is a 25% jump from last year, and workers' wages are not keeping up. People can no longer afford to pay rent because the Liberals are allowing big housing corporations to buy up rental units and jack up the rents. Families should not have to compete with multi-million dollar corporations to find a place to call home. When are the Liberals going to stand up for Canadians and make rent affordable?
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Feb/14/23 11:11:44 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, something just does not make sense to me here. The Parliamentary Budget Officer said that if the government extended the temporary Canada recovery benefit to the big box stores and to the oil and gas sector, it would generate $4.3 billion in revenue. Therefore, I really do not understand why the government did not do that. Why is it protecting the interests of a dozen CEOs in this country and leaving millions of Canadians struggling to get a meal on the table?
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • Oct/5/22 7:44:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Mr. Speaker, as a woman standing here in the House, I am going to say there is a real problem with gender inequity in pay. There is a pay gap in this country that is long-lasting. These are inequalities that have brought us to this place. It has to do with the fact that we do not pay people enough. We exploit women and their work. We exploit immigrants and their work, and that is the problem. We need to raise salaries in this country.
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