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{
"time": "2024-06-13 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo\u2014Ladysmith, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo\u2014Ladysmith, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8488491\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, living with a disability should not mean being legislated into poverty, yet this is exactly the reality for too many.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8488492\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In my riding of Nanaimo\u2014Ladysmith, I hear the heartbreaking stories of people choosing between life-saving medication or food on the table, between a roof over their heads or covering the cost of transportation. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8488493\" data-originallang=\"en\">Over one million Canadians live with disabilities. Because of the advocacy of many and the NDP along their side, there was a glimmer of hope, yet short-lived, because despite the Liberals' promise to lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty, they most definitely have not. Six dollars a day does not even scratch the surface of what is needed. People living with disabilities deserve to live with dignity and respect. We have an opportunity to lift Canadians out of poverty. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8488494\" data-originallang=\"en\">I will continue to work day in and day out to represent my constituents, but I am not alone. The NDP will work for people living with disabilities to make sure no more people living with disabilities are living in poverty. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8488491\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aucune personne handicap\u00e9e ne devrait \u00eatre condamn\u00e9e \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9 par les lois, mais c'est exactement ce que vivent un trop grand nombre d'entre elles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8488492\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Dans ma circonscription, Nanaimo\u2014Ladysmith, j'entends le r\u00e9cit cr\u00e8ve-c\u0153ur de personnes qui doivent choisir entre acheter des m\u00e9dicaments essentiels et mettre du pain sur la table, ou entre avoir un endroit o\u00f9 se loger et payer le co\u00fbt du transport.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8488493\" data-originallang=\"en\">Plus d'un million de Canadiens ont un handicap. Ils avaient une lueur d'espoir gr\u00e2ce aux efforts de nombreux militants, dont ceux du NPD, mais cette lueur n'a pas dur\u00e9 parce que les lib\u00e9raux n'ont clairement pas tenu leur promesse de sortir les Canadiens handicap\u00e9s de la pauvret\u00e9. Une prestation de 6 $ par jour, c'est une somme d\u00e9risoire, bien inf\u00e9rieure \u00e0 ce qu'il faudrait. Les personnes handicap\u00e9es m\u00e9ritent de vivre dans le respect et la dignit\u00e9. Nous avons l'occasion de sortir ces Canadiens de la pauvret\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8488494\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais continuer de travailler inlassablement pour repr\u00e9senter mes concitoyens, et je ne suis pas seule. Le NPD d\u00e9fendra les int\u00e9r\u00eats des personnes handicap\u00e9es afin qu'aucune ne vive plus dans la pauvret\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/6/13/lisa-marie-barron-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/lisa-marie-barron/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4613/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12823965",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Persons with Disabilities",
"fr": "Les personnes handicap\u00e9es"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/6/13/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F6%2F13%2F"
}
}