Jessica Fancy

S-7 Mr. Speaker, as chair of the Liberal rural caucus, ensuring that we make life better for our rural Canadians, particularly our farmers, is a top priority for me and my colleagues, and it should be for the Conservatives. From the very beginning, our new government has had a clear and genuine focus on reducing red tape, and yesterday Billwas tabled, which builds on those existing efforts. I [more]

Thank you very much, Ms. Blackburn. I think it's the narrative that we have in telling those stories of people. For our final question today, I think I have less than a minute left. Ms. Blackburn, let's do the wish list question. If you had a wish list outside of.... We've had communications issues, and we know that the federal government.... You want that capital funding. What else do you feel [more]

Thank you very much, Chair. Being a fellow politician from Nova Scotia and coming from a small rural community as well, it's really good to see here a small rural community, with all three levels of government across multiple different parties, to talk about rural issues, in particular on the theme of veterans. I really want to get that out there. It's an absolute privilege to serve, and it's a [more]

Mr. Speaker, in the face of rising fuel prices driven by global instability, Canadians deserve real relief. I heard this from the families and businesses in my riding of South Shore—St. Margarets throughout the summer. They benefited from our government's decision to suspend the fuel excise tax last spring, and they are hoping to see it extended. I have a question for the finance minister that I [more]

Thank you very much. Mr. Gasparro.

I'm coming to you next, Ms. Pham. Yes, let's roll into that.

Nice. Thank you very much. Once again, I am bringing the topic back to housing, which is the purpose of the motion today. I'd like to do a follow-up question from my last round, Ms. Pham. This is in regard to how you measure the success of a housing initiative. Previously, you had talked about some of these wraparound services, couch surfing, what is homelessness and different indicators. Let's [more]

Thank you very much. Through you, Chair, I'd like to redirect the conversation to housing, which is what we're here to talk about. Also, it's wonderful being a new member at OGGO. I remember substituting here a couple of times during one of our previous sessions. I'd like to start with you, Mr. Freeman, very quickly, in regard to planning and strategy. I'd also like to highlight that I'm a [more]

Exactly. Our template for this motion in Amherst is trying to create that community hub, reduce social isolation and have more social opportunities within that particular structure. I'm also an MP from a rural riding. I'm wondering what some of the challenges are that veterans face in rural and coastal communities like South Shore—St. Margarets, which is my riding, where there may be fewer [more]

That's why it's so important when we have a surplus federal building such as the armoury in a rural area; it really is a good indicator of how to build a template model that we could use and replicate throughout Nova Scotia. I have a couple of seconds left. Beyond the physical space or a place to live, what do you feel that a veteran needs to be successful in transitioning into stable civilian [more]

That was the exact follow-up question I had in regard to delivery and transportation with services. How significant, then, do you think that transportation is to accessing housing and support services for veterans outside major urban areas?

What do you feel is one of the barriers to that right now?

Thank you very much. Through you, Mr. Chair, very quickly, we're here today talking about housing, supports and services for our veterans in Canada. I'm an Atlantic Canadian member of Parliament. Before I start, I'd like to remind everybody here and other people that in previous Parliaments, when the Conservatives were in power, they closed—in Atlantic Canada alone—nine different VAC centres [more]

I mean in general. We're representing all Canadians with the committee.

C-266 Mr. Speaker, before I start talking today about Bill, I would like to first take a moment to thank all the wonderful people in South Shore—St. Margarets. It was wonderful to be back home in the riding over the summer, getting out into our communities, meeting with constituents, listening to their concerns and celebrating the incredible work happening across the south shore. It was also a [more]