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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 - 312 - May/9/24
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • May/9/24 5:07:08 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the story I shared earlier in my speech about the young man who passed away in his basement and was not able to have a funeral was shared with me by someone in the trades who asked the member who just asked me the question to come visit them at their facility in the Lower Mainland. The member has not taken the time yet to make the trip to go speak with them. Maybe if he did, he could hear the stories and bring some humanity to his party today.
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Context: House Hansard - 262 - Dec/5/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Dec/5/23 1:03:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I very much appreciate listening to speeches from the member. The member always makes good comments about how the Liberal government has the opportunity to spend money and decides not to. I wonder if the member would like to expand a bit on how the government not investing in housing and not spending the money it has for housing have manifested on the streets and in our communities.
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Context: House Hansard - 254 - Nov/23/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Nov/23/23 11:07:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the speech from my colleague from North Island—Powell River. She speaks about the bar of dignity a lot. I hear it a lot. I do a lot of work with the disability community, and they appreciate the human rights lens the member always talks about. Does she mind sharing a bit about the fact that the disability benefit was not mentioned in the fall economic statement? We know it disproportionately impacts women and indigenous people, and I wanted to hear her thoughts on that.
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • May/18/23 11:29:54 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, these are heartfelt realities that are happening to families across this country, and I am just so moved by the member's speech today. I am disappointed, though, in the Liberals and the Conservatives, in their actions over the last 30 years in regard to investments, which the member spoke about in her speech, like housing, pharmacare and all those investments that matter to the well-being of people. Could the member speak about the lack of investments and how it is affecting communities?
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Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • May/10/23 4:59:44 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the speech by the member, who talked about the beauty of the language and the expressive way in which the language is used in the arts. Does the hon. member have any suggestions on how solidarity between francophones across Canada and francophones in Quebec can be strengthened?
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Context: House Hansard - 190 - May/3/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • May/3/23 10:36:58 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-6 
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Mirabel for his speech, and from it, I take the irony of us talking about efficiencies in a bill that is about efficiencies. I am interested in the comments around reduction and duplicity, but I wonder if there are some other in-house efficiencies that the member could share. I sometimes think about whether we could have shorter speeches to get more business done in the House. Does he have other ideas on how we can be more efficient in the House?
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • Oct/31/22 1:41:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, I did point out in my speech that I commend Quebec for the work that it is doing on the environment. I mentioned in my speech that it has stronger laws than the federal government. I commend it for that work and I admire it.
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Oct/4/22 11:54:19 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Madam Speaker, I really appreciated the speech from the member today about the uncharted territory. I would ask the member if he could share some thoughts on how he thinks the axing of the affordable housing programs back in the nineties by the Liberal government, and their not being reinstated by successive Conservative governments and Liberal governments, has really impacted affordable housing in the province of Quebec.
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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo
  • Sep/20/22 12:52:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Mr. Speaker, as I said in my speech, I am very optimistic and very hopeful that all members of the House will be able to sit together and pass this bill quickly.
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Context: House Hansard - 83 - Jun/7/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/7/22 6:25:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what a refreshing speech today. It is so nice to hear in the House some innovative thinking. Unfortunately, we are dealing with a system that is antiquated and both the government and the official opposition do not have the same kind of thinking, which is why we end up with the type of motion we are dealing with today. The motion is quick to cut taxes for large corporations while offering nothing in terms of consumer protection from the big corporations that will just go ahead and raise prices above and beyond inflation. Can the member comment on whether he thinks cutting taxes at the pump will stop big oil and gas from simply raising prices, and if this motion is innovative thinking?
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
Madam Speaker, I really thank the member for her speech today and for the comments that were made around the health of children and the impact of advertising. Can the member comment on how gaming, which strategically places product within games, in the hands of characters, can be included in the bill?
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