Published: June 19, 2019
OTTAWA – Liberal and Conservative MPs have acted in concert to defeat Bill C-331 (the International Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Act). C-331 was drafted back in 2006 by MP Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby) working closely with Nick Milanovic, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Law at Carleton University, labour lawyer, an arbitrator, and […]
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Published: June 19, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Presenting Petitions Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Madam Speaker, I thank all members for their courtesy. It has been an interesting time for presenting petitions. I am tabling a petition signed by dozens of residents of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia who add their names to hundreds […]
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Published: June 17, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Supplementary Question Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is the folks right behind the minister who gained the most from the Liberal tax cut, because people would have to earn an MP’s salary in order to get the maximum benefit. If we want to tackle inequalities […]
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Published: June 17, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Question Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, tomorrow Liberals are planning to announce their rubber stamp approval on Trans Mountain after pouring $5 billion of taxpayers’ money into it. The project will need at least another $10 billion from taxpayers, and former Liberal minister David Anderson, and […]
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Published: June 13, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Debate Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues who spoke in favour of the bill. Obviously the bill has withstood the parliamentary scrutiny of the discussions and debates we have had over the two hours that have been accorded to it. […]
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Published: June 11, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Supplementary Question Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, so the Liberals say they will ban single-use plastics at the same time as they are handing over tens of millions of dollars to increase plastic production. There is a word for this: utter hypocrisy. The Liberals’ approach to […]
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Published: June 11, 2019
OTTAWA – NDP House leader Peter Julian, MP (New Westminster – Burnaby) has moved a motion in the House of Commons calling on parliamentarians to support the NDP plan to stop price gouging on cellphone and internet service. Leading off debate on the motion, Julian stressed the critical need for a five-point plan for making […]
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Published: June 11, 2019
Chris Campbell / New West Record June 11, 2019 10:19 AM Photograph By Pexels New Westminster – Burnaby MP Peter Julian has moved a motion in the House of Commons that aims to stop what he calls “gouging” gouging on cellphone and internet service. “In any one month, half of Canadians are $200 away from […]
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Published: June 10, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Supplementary Question Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, climate leaders do not build massive bitumen pipelines. Canadians are now crushed by the worst family debt levels of any industrialized country in history. Nearly half of Canadians are $200 away from not being able to make ends meet […]
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Published: June 10, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st Session Context : Presenting Electronic Petitions Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present an electronic petition signed by over 500 people from across the country, Canadians from every single province and territory. This petition was sponsored by Colleen Dunbar from Richmond, British Columbia. The petitioners call […]
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