Chi Nguyen

Mr. Speaker, I believe our government is stepping up in the ways that it is best suited to. We can invest the capital that is required to build these massive projects. I spoke about waterfront east transit. That is a project that I am very excited to see come online. It is years overdue. In this work, our role as a federal government is to work alongside other levels of government to ensure that [more]

Mr. Speaker, one of the pieces of the groceries and essentials benefit that I really love, in terms of a policy measure, is that we are having the conversation about a national food strategy. This means that we are not just doing the immediate piece, but we are actually thinking about how we invest in a food system that works for the country. I think that is really critical when we are addressing [more]

Mr. Speaker, that is certainly a hot topic of conversation in our communities. I have recently hosted a number of town halls and had conversations with residents. Right now, I will say that I have not seen the plan, in terms of how the expansion might go forward, and I cannot speculate on something that I do not have the details on, but I do know that we are looking right now to think about how [more]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians are living through a moment of real uncertainty. Families are feeling the pressure of rising costs, communities are anxious about economic instability and people want to know the government has their back and is prepared to step up and invest in the future of our country. At a time like this, we cannot afford to pull back from our cities. We need to invest in them. This is [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for the fantastic question on how we think about diversifying our economy at this really challenging time. We have a phenomenal organization in our riding called the Toronto Region Board of Trade. Its home is actually in Spadina—Harbourfront. They are doing some very important ecosystem work right now to help prepare companies and small businesses to [more]

Thanks, Madam Gladu, and thanks, Madam Chair. Thanks very much, Minister, for being here today. I'll try to keep this tight, because I know we're short on time. I know how critical child care is to our economy. I think of it as an economy-enabling infrastructure. This is a priority for our government, and of course for your department, when we think about women's economic security. Could you [more]

I have a point of order. I just want to make sure the interpreters are able to do the interpretation.

In my last 30 seconds, can you share a data point on women's economic security that you think is proof that we are doing well in this space?

May I ask whether there are any gold stars that you would give to any departments that are doing this, or would you like to shout them all out?

Thank you. I know that, a number of years ago, the federal government started to introduce gender-based analysis as a tool and a framework for all government departments. I was wondering whether you could speak to the role that you play, in terms of capacity building and supporting other government departments, in making sure that we are doing that work very rigorously.

Pass the baton over here. Voices: Oh, oh! Chi Nguyen: Thank you very much to the officials for joining us today. As a former recipient of funding supports from WAGE, I'll ask a nerd question about how the department takes a view on program design and how you set up metrics to measure and evaluate the impact of WAGE programming.