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Member of Parliament

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 - 281 - Feb/13/24
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • Feb/13/24 10:05:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we need to do here is to start thinking about the future and start reacting to what needs to be done now. We have a very small window to save people from this expansion. We need to get social programs in place before we do any more expansions on this type of program.
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • 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 - 261 - Dec/4/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • Dec/4/23 7:26:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I wonder if you could ask the member to clarify what is meant by “these people” and what it means—
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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • Apr/27/23 7:17:46 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am not sure, but the member might have missed when I mentioned that just in the month of March, 700 people reached out to my office for information about the Canada dental program. Dental care is health care, and we need to keep people out of the hospital when they can have dental care to proactively look after their health. In the month of March, 700 people in my riding reached out for additional information, in need of dental care.
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