On this page are selected videos of speeches, statements, debates, and questions I raise in the House.

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Parliament Video: Jenny in the House: Housing First!

On December 9, 2019, I rose in the House of Commons to speak about the national housing crisis. Safe, secure, affordable housing is a basic human right. There is an acute and severe need for the federal government to take immediate action on housing. If federal funds to build housing flow now we can work together to do this - ending homelessness is entirely possible if only parliamentarians have the political will to do it:

Parliament Video: MP Jenny Kwan's Reply to the Speech From The Throne

On December 9, 2019, Jenny gave her reply to the Speech from the Throne. Vancouver East is one of Canada's most diverse and progressive communities in the country. Jenny is so very proud of our record here in Van East. We fight hard for what we believe in, and we have so much to celebrate. Yet, unfortunately, like Jenny, the people of Vancouver East were left wanting after this throne speech. From affordable housing, to lasting justice for Indigenous people; from pharmacare and dental care to the urgent need for safe supply; from electoral reform to averting climate crisis - there is so much more that needs to be done and done now for the people of Vancouver East and indeed the entire country. Jenny puts forward these suggestions in the spirit of co-operation and saying to the government it is a minority government and New Democrats are here to work with it. Let us work for the people and act now make the changes:

Parliament Video: Jenny in the House: "This is Canada's shame": we must acknowledge deliberate genocide against Indigenous peoples

On June 5, 2019, Jenny delivered a Statement about the concluding report of the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, including the report's finding of fact that Canada committed a deliberate genocide against Indigenous peoples, and what we must do to show that we have actually heard the family members and survivors. If we have truly listened then we will follow the way forward that they have pointed to, acknowledge their expertise, and promptly implement each of the Inquiry's recommendations with full funding:

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