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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 - 212 - Jun/13/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/13/23 3:16:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my office has been flooded with calls. Canadians expected to see the Canada disability bill arrive today because that is what the government said last week, but the Liberals are still stalling. They did not keep their promise. This benefit will bring relief to those who need it the most, the thousands of Canadians living in poverty with a disability. Will the Liberals finally keep their promise and adopt this new benefit before we rise for the summer to ensure Canadians get the urgent help they need?
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • May/18/23 2:15:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in my community of Port Moody—Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra, we support the work to end period poverty. On May 28, as part of the Period Promise campaign, Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities will highlight this important cause by hosting a fundraiser and donation drop-off. With a 6% increase in the price of personal health care products, even more Canadians cannot afford menstrual products like pads, tampons and cups. Lack of hygiene products causes B.C. residents who experience menstruation to miss school, work and social gatherings. The United Way's Period Promise campaign is working to address this inequity. I will be stopping in at Como Lake Village in Coquitlam on Saturday, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., to support the Soroptimists, who collected 700,000 units to end period poverty last year. I raise my hands to the work of every community organization that has made the period promise. Their work is invaluable.
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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Sep/20/22 11:28:06 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, as it stands, this bill is a promise. It is just a promise, but promises do not put food on the table. I raised with the minister the issue of adequacy and the need for certainty that this bill will provide adequate standard of living for people with disabilities. Is the minister prepared to include adequacy in this bill and move it from a promise to certainty?
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