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Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as Netanyahu bombed Rafah, the supposed safe zone, over 75 Palestinians were killed overnight. We are witnessing a crime of unproportionate horror in Gaza every day. Children are left orphaned as entire families are wiped out in this onslaught. Meanwhile, the Liberals continue to arm Netanyahu with over 28 million dollars' worth of military exports since October alone.

February 13th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Health  Mr. Speaker, Danielle Smith is denying trans kids their basic human rights by denying their access to life-saving health care. It is not the role of politicians to tell doctors how to treat patients. Meanwhile, the leader of the Conservative Party remains shamefully silent on attacks on trans rights.

February 5th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Lowering Prices for Canadians Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in support of Bill C-352, which seeks to amend the Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal Act to increase competition and lower prices for Canadians. In order to do this in a way that builds confidence for Canadians, one must understand the philosophies of the Liberal and Conservative parties.

February 2nd, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Foreign Affairs  Madam Speaker, Gaza is the most dangerous place to be a journalist. There have been 122 journalists killed in Netanyahu's onslaught. Mansour Shouman, a brave reporter in Gaza, a Canadian and a fellow Albertan, has been missing for over a week. Eyewitnesses say that he was taken into custody by the Israeli army.

February 2nd, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender-Diverse Children  Madam Speaker, extreme far right populism is targeting trans children's rights across provinces in order to divide and distract from the housing crisis and the opioid crisis and, ultimately, weaken our democracy. Punching down in this way is the worst form of politics. We must have the courage to stand with the trans and gender-diverse community and commit to not allowing for the continuation of anti-trans violence.

February 2nd, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for that response, but it is just not good enough. Today, rent is due. A new report just came out telling Edmontonians what we already know: Rent is going up while the number of available affordable homes is going down. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister turns a blind eye as Danielle Smith sells off affordable housing just to make her rich CEO friends happy.

February 1st, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to preface my question with how disappointed I am in the member opposite. The member speaks about being out of touch, while we see, in my home province of Alberta, children and trans kids being attacked. That member has the power and should have the courage to stand in this place and condemn that violence.

February 1st, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Request for Emergency Debate  Mr. Speaker, it is with utmost urgency I call to the House's attention the housing and houselessness emergency facing all Canadians. Just recently, the City of Edmonton declared a housing emergency, joining cities across the country that are grappling with the outcomes of poverty, displacement and addiction without the power and money necessary to truly end the crisis.

January 30th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am really happy that my hon. colleague mentioned this, because it is an important question that seems simple as to its facts but is actually quite complex in terms of how the supply chain truly works. I will say this: The costs that are being borne by our farmers, the costs that are being borne by cattle producers like my family, and the costs that are being borne by the truckers who are moving the food are all increasing.

January 29th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, it is true that both municipalities and provincial governments do bear responsibility. Actually, part of the report's critical recommendations was to look at ways the federal government could look at provincial partners in particular, but there were some municipal examples, for big cities in particular.

January 29th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to a really important report that was actually tabled some time ago. I am very pleased now that the Conservatives have found time in their very busy schedules to concur in this report. It relates directly to Canada's food system.

January 29th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I am always happy to debate my colleague from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, and I wish he had given me an opportunity to actually respond to some of the accusations he has made. However, I understand that decency is—

January 29th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program, broken down by month since November 2015: (a) how many borrowers have defaulted on their student loans; (b) of the borrowers in (a), what was the number of borrowers holding debt (i) under $10,000, (ii) between $10,000 and $20,000, (iii) between $20,000 and $30,000, (iv) between $30,000 and $40,000, (v) between $40,000 and $50,000, (vi) between $50,000 and $75,000, (vii) between $75,000 and $100,000, (viii) more than $100,000; and (c) of the borrowers in (a), how many identified as (i) a person living with a disability, (ii) First Nations, Inuit, or Métis, (iii) living with dependents, (iv) women?

January 29th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the repayment of Canada Student loans, broken down by month since November 2015: (a) how many borrowers applied for financial hardship provisions; (b) of the applications in (a), how many were (i) approved, (ii) not approved; (c) how many defaulted loans were transferred to the Canada Revenue Agency for the purpose recovery actions; and (d) of the recovery actions in (c), how many borrowers saw reductions to their (i) GST rebate, (ii) Canada Child Benefit, (iii) Canada Disability Benefit, (iv) climate action incentive payment, (v) COVID-19 benefits, or (vi) individual tax returns?

January 29th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to federal spending in the constituency of Edmonton Griesbach, broken down by fiscal year and department or agency since 2021-22: what are the details of all grants and contributions and all loans to any organization, group, business or municipality, broken down by the (i) name of the recipient, (ii) date the funding was received, (iii) amount received, (iv) program under which the grant, contribution or loan was made?

January 29th, 2024House debate

Blake DesjarlaisNDP