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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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  • Oct/26/23 2:14:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, October 29 is the International Day of Care and Support. The collective prejudice against care workers because of gender and race has resulted in a shared belief that care work is unskilled work and, therefore, does not deserve adequate compensation. This is wrong. The federal government must step up and end this discrimination. It is time for the government to improve the working conditions of nurses, child care workers, care aides, teachers' aides, teachers, long-term care workers and all care workers across this country. The NDP calls on the government to create a robust, gender-responsive, disability-inclusive and age-sensitive care strategy for Canada. International Day of Care and Support is a time to recognize a caregiver in our lives and the amazing work done by unions across the country who are fighting to protect the rights of care workers.
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  • Feb/6/23 3:28:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the seventh report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, entitled “Labour Shortages, Working Conditions and the Care Economy”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
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  • Nov/25/21 12:49:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, up to one-quarter of adult Canadians live with a disability that does not allow them to lift hay or farm in fields, yet they do work. They work in every area of our economy. Does the member acknowledge that work does not mean physical labour, physical ability or physical attendance in the House or anywhere else?
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