Sameer Zuberi

Faster fossil phase-down

The other end of this axis: Slower phase-down, production first

Excerpts repeat support for addressing the climate crisis and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

There is a lot of good news in the report. Can the Prime Minister inform the House about Canada's record on reducing greenhouse gas emissions?

Higher taxes and public spending

The other end of this axis: Lower taxes and tighter spending

Excerpts highlight government assistance programs, budget allocations and innovation investments without calls for restraint.

This is on top of the $500 million already allocated in budget 2022 towards military surveillance and communications equipment. We have thus far sanctioned 1,400 individuals and entities. This is all in an effort to halt what's happening.

Expand public coverage

The other end of this axis: More private delivery

Promotes public dental care plan and global public health leadership.

Speaker, the dental care plan is having a real impact on the lives of Canadians. Across our beautiful country, 4.3 million people have received dental care since the program's launch, and over 21,000 residents in Pierrefonds—Dollard are benefiting from the plan.

Public supply and demand controls

The other end of this axis: Market supply and deregulation

Supports using public lands and federal loans to build homes.

We would create over three million new homes by 2031, and 250,000 of them would be on public property. In my own riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard, our government recently announced that we are building 393 homes or apartments by having a low-cost loan of $165 million.

Higher permanent intake

The other end of this axis: Lower intake

Excerpts repeatedly endorse resettling 10,000 Uyghurs and other refugees from third countries.

moved: That, given the motion adopted unanimously by the House on February 22, 2021, recognizing that a genocide is currently being carried out by the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize that Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims that have fled to third countries face pressure and intimidation by the Chinese state to return to China, where they face the serious risk of mass arbitrary detention, mass arbitrary separation of children from their parents, forced sterilization, forced labour, torture and other atrocities; (b) recognize that many of these third countries face continued diplomatic and economic pressure from the People's Republic of China to detain and deport Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims leaving them without a safe haven in the world; (c) urgently leverage Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program to expedite the entry of 10,000 Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in need of protection, over two years starting in 2024 into Canada; and (d) table in the House, within 120 sitting days following the adoption of this motion, a report

Prevention and restraint

The other end of this axis: Enforcement and sentencing

Excerpt highlights need to address over-incarceration of Indigenous and Black Canadians and collect race-based data.

Studies show that black Canadians and indigenous peoples aren't any more likely to commit a crime than the general population. However, over-policing and over incarceration of these communities is well documented. Deputy Prime Minister, in the spirit of moving us forward, can the government inform the House what measures are being taken by the government to address over-incarceration of indigenous and black Canadians while working to collect and p

Diversify away from one partner

The other end of this axis: Deeper continental integration

Advocates rules to remove forced labour from supply chains and strengthen Indo-Pacific ties beyond one partner.

This legislation requires that large companies and the federal government examine supply chains and identify forced labour, so they have to go through their supply chains, which is a lot of work.