On March 25, 2021, Jenny tabled two petitions: - one initiated by Moms Stop The Harm, calling for federal government action to end overdose deaths and overdose injuries; to immediately collaborate with provinces and territories to develop a comprehensive, pan-Canadian overdose action plan; to ensure that the plan considers reforms that other countries have used, such as legal regulation of drugs to ensure safe, supply, decriminalization for personal use, and changes to flawed drug policy and policing practices; and - one with respect to Indigenous housing, which recognizes that the 2017 National Housing Strategy did not include any specific funding, strategies or policies for urban or rural indigenous housing, even though the mandate letter from the minister specifically outlines such a strategy; and putting forward calls from the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association and its Indigenous Caucus , including for the government to develop a “For Indigenous, By Indigenous” National Housing Centre; to increase the supply of stable, safe, affordable housing by building 73,000 new units of housing for urban, rural and northern Indigenous peoples; to support tenants' well-being and long-term success with wraparound Indigenous services, to accelerate action on Indigenous homelessness, and to focus on northern housing.
Global News: Israel-Gaza: NDP calls for special immigration measures to reunite Palestinian families in Canada
Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, NDP MP Jenny Kwan described Gaza as “the most dangerous place for children in the world” and called for special immigration measures so that Palestinian families in Canada could be reunited with their loved ones. Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly responded by saying that “too many” children and women have lost their lives, adding that 130 Canadians were able to cross the Rafah border on Sunday night.
