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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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Feb/7/24 7:58:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I find it really frustrating that the government brings prepared notes, because they can only answer one thing and do one thing at a time. I want to talk about the fact that in my riding there was the first-ever purpose-built rental building built about five years ago after 40 years. The Liberal government had promised a GST exemption in its 2015 election campaign, and that is why we got that building in Coquitlam. Then the Liberal government reneged on the promise, and it cost the developer $500,000 in GST. The government received many letters from the developer, and nothing was ever done about it. I know the Liberals cannot do two things at once, but I want to talk about tradespeople who are being exploited by the government. No lack of doctors—

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Context: House Hansard - 262 - Dec/5/23

Ms. Bonita Zarrillo

Dec/5/23 1:32:39 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, first of all, it is not “these people”. It is people who live in Canada that we are standing up for. I would say that the Conservatives are refining their social media game more than they are bringing forward policies. I think about how successful the NDP has been for Canadians in these past two years. It is because of the NDP that we are debating this today. If it were not for the NDP, we would not be looking at the corporate greed act. We would still be dealing with exorbitant grocery prices and no GST exemption on purpose-built rental housing.

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Context: House Hansard - 254 - Nov/23/23

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

Nov/23/23 5:06:05 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to follow up on the last points the member made around rent and who is really going to benefit from the GST exemption. Of course I believe that the GST exemption is a good idea. I wish it had happened many years ago. Would the member mind just expanding on what we need to do for renters? In British Columbia, there are above-guideline rent increase papers being served to people. I know that, for one of the residents in my riding, their rent went from $1,100 to $1,400, and they were asked to sign one of these above-guideline rent increases. Could the member expand on what he thinks would be helpful to make sure renters are protected?

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Context: House Hansard - 114 - Oct/20/22

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

Oct/20/22 4:48:19 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the member for Thornhill on the role of deputy leader of the opposition. There are points we can agree on, such as the growth of the reliance on food banks in this country and the need to give Canadians a break. My ask for the member is around the NDP policy to have a GST exemption on home heating bills. Is that something the Conservatives would support?

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Context: House Hansard - 83 - Jun/7/22

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

Jun/7/22 5:37:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my thanks to the member for pointing out today some of the realities found in social science research about who gets listened to and who does not. It is based on their presentation and their voice, their intonation. We know that women are not respected as much, based on those realistic factors and even their competency is judged this way. It is just on the tone of their voice or the way they look. I really appreciate those insights today in the House. I wanted to talk about trickle-down theory. What I think I am hearing from the Conservatives is this idea of trickle-down. There is a lot of research that says trickle-down does not work because of the sponges at the top. What makes the Conservatives think that, if the GST was taken away from gas purchases, it would actually trickle down to the consumer?

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