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Bonita Zarrillo

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
NDP

Port Moody—Coquitlam
British Columbia
Voting Attendance: 67%
Expenses Last Quarter: $129,260.13

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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24

Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)

May/28/24 2:50:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, flight attendants, who are predominantly women, work an average of 35 hours a month unpaid. No worker should have to do their job without a paycheque, but the Liberals and the Conservatives have let the big airline CEOs get away with it. The Liberals have even given these airlines millions of dollars in handouts and, recently, the Liberals told flight attendants that they should simply file complaints with those same CEOs who are ripping them off. Why are the Liberals putting the burden on workers instead of holding profitable CEOs to account?

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Context: House Hansard - 294 - Mar/22/24

Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)

Mar/22/24 11:15:38 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Canadians want greedy CEOs and mega corporations to stop profiteering off the backs of unpaid work, yet the federal government continues to ignore this issue. Over 17,000 Canadians called on the federal government to close loopholes that allow airlines to force flight attendants to work up to 35 hours per month unpaid. Six million people watched as the CEO of Canada’s largest airline refused to comment. Workers are being exploited by billion-dollar companies, and the government is letting it happen. At Air Canada, the CEO earned over $12 million last year, while flight attendants struggled to pay rent and buy groceries. Thanks to CUPE components across this country, workers are fighting back with a campaign called “Unpaid Work Won't Fly”. The NDP stands with these flight attendants and is calling on the government to protect all workers and stop the exploitation by greedy CEOs.

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Context: House Hansard - 285 - Feb/26/24

Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)

Feb/26/24 2:54:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, everyone deserves fair pay and to be treated with respect by their employer, yet flight attendants have to work up to 40 hours a month with no pay. That is three months a year. All of this is while the CEOs of Canada's biggest airlines rake in millions of dollars, plus bonuses. The Liberals are doing nothing about it, letting CEOs get rich off the backs of unpaid work. Will the government stop the exploitation of workers and address unpaid work in the airline industry?

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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24

Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)

Feb/7/24 2:54:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians with disabilities are being treated unfairly by big airlines, and the Liberal solution is another gentlemen's meeting with a CEO who cares only about his own bottom line. This is a slap in the face to passengers who have had their human rights violated, having to drag themselves off a plane. Like with the greedy grocery CEOs, the Liberals are just letting Air Canada get away with it. Will the Prime Minister get serious about holding these CEOs to account to protect Canadians?

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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24

Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)

Feb/6/24 2:49:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, everyone should be treated with dignity and respect, yet Canadians living with a disability have been deplaned on a catering cart or forced to get on their hands and knees to crawl off a plane. Some of these dehumanizing experiences happened under the watch of Air Canada's CEO, and the Liberal government is doing nothing about it. It continues to give CEOs a free ride, even handing them billions of taxpayers' dollars. Will the Liberals stop protecting rich CEOs and start protecting people with disabilities?

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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22

Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)

Oct/6/22 4:16:01 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, a report came out at the beginning of the year saying that CEOs in Canada are now making 191 times more than their average worker. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the grocery industry. I would ask again what some of my colleagues have asked: Why would the Liberal government not close the loopholes to make those who are making the most money, the wealthiest of the wealthiest Canadians, pay their fair share?

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