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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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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Apr/25/23 12:02:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, the member very often raises the issue of EI, and I want to thank her for that. My colleague from Winnipeg Centre, earlier today, raised the point that the supposed feminist government is not really looking after the issues of women. We know that, when EI was first formulated, the participation rate of women in the workforce was less than half of what it is today. The EI system was not built for women. Can the member share some comments on why it is so important to get this modernized for women after seven years?
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • May/9/22 3:53:44 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I note that in the budget speech there was no mention of health care workers and no mention of the very important care economy. With this week being National Nursing Week, I wanted to ask the member about this. There is a top-up in the budget for health care, but the health care workforce is at a crisis point. Will there be additional investments made by the government to make sure that the labour shortages in the nursing profession are addressed?
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Context: House Hansard - 54 - Apr/6/22
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Apr/6/22 2:17:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday was invisible work day. Invisible work is mostly done by women. Family care, elder care, family business supports and volunteering are integral parts of the economy, yet this unpaid work is not respected. This lack of recognition is not by accident: It is rooted in gender discrimination. Invisible work is gendered. It is women and girls who carry the load. Worldwide, people put in 12 billion hours of unpaid caregiving and domestic work every day. It is time to acknowledge the size of this invisible workforce and its value. In Canada, invisible work equates to $350 billion per year. That is 16% of the country's GDP. The women and girls that take on invisible work are valuable. As a government, we must recognize it in our words, measure it in our economy and adopt policies to finally achieve gender equality.
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