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Member of the Subcommittee on Review of Parliament’s involvement with associations and recognized Interparliamentary groups Deputy House leader of the New Democratic Party

Lindsay Mathyssen

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the Subcommittee on Review of Parliament’s involvement with associations and recognized Interparliamentary groups Deputy House leader of the New Democratic Party
  • NDP
  • London—Fanshawe
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 66%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $131,911.16

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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Jun/12/23 11:03:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is very clear that the majority of the House wants hybrid Parliament. The member talked a lot about consensus and building that consensus. Could he provide the House, right now, with an absolute? We have seen many times Conservatives filibuster their way. He was talking about resources in the House being taken up, and I would argue that a lot of that has been through a lot of the filibusters by the Conservative Party. However, can he commit right now to not filibuster? We could move forward in a consensus-based way by saying that a hybrid model is what the majority wants. Would the Conservatives not filibuster that decision so we can move forward in a very productive way to build a hybrid Parliament together?
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Jun/12/23 9:29:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have spent a lot of time trying to get young women to enter this place and get involved in politics, and often they have a lot of questions about a lot of things, like the toxicity of social media, the time requirements, their ability to take care of their kids and the work-life balance. One of the things I tell them about, which I have to say is unfortunate because hybrid is not confirmed, is what hybrid has allowed a lot of women to do in the House to do this job. It is an incredibly important voice that women bring to this place. It is not just women, but all people of different equity-seeking groups. Could the member talk more about that and how hybrid can help?
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Jun/2/22 5:10:46 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague made some interesting points. What I found interesting was the point about switching the 10-minute speech with the five-minute question period so that people had more time to ask questions, although I will note that he used his full 10 minutes to get his point across, which I find a bit ironic. In terms of the expansion on questions, one of the things I found interesting as a new member in hybrid Parliament was the ability to ask questions during question period but in the way that we do it during committee of the whole, with a five-minute period of time. It allows for more debate. In terms of the expansion for questions, would the member be in favour of changing how we operate during question period to more of a committee of the whole type of debate?
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