On this page are selected videos of speeches, statements, debates, and questions I raise in the House.
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MP Kwan rose in question period on December 7, 2020, to ask:
On December 7, MP Kwan stood in the House to respond to the Concurrence Motion Debate on Department spending Estimates. Jenny's response to the estimates of departmental spending is to raise the devastation that has taken place in the DTES as a result of this pandemic, and naming the actual concurrent crises that are taking place in Vancouver East: the housing & homelessness crisis, the epidemic of deaths by accidental overdose due to a poisoned drug supply, poverty, and the stark increase in reports of violence against women; and calling on the government to enact the coordinated responses necessary to actually address these problems, in collaboration with the community, and to act with an urgency comparable to the urgency taken in response to the covid-19 pandemic.
On November 27 2020 Jenny stood in the House to say:
November 26, 2020: MP Jenny Kwan questions Health Minister Patty Hajdu on the Department of Health estimates:
On November 25th, 2020, Jenny speaks about violence against women:
On November 23, 2020, Jenny rose in Question Period to ask:
On November 20, 2020, Jenny rose in Question Period to ask:
On November 19, in Question Period, I rose to ask:
This video features an interview hosted by Dr. David Edward-Uipoon, founder of Faces of Advocacy, with Jenny Kwan, the NDP Critic for Immigration and Member of Parliament for Vancouver East. Published on November 7, 2020, the conversation focuses on the challenges facing Canadian family reunification during the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic issues within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Jenny speaking to the NDP motion, moved by MP Julian & seconded by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh:
Jenny raises points about Bill C-9 (An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy):
On November 2, 2020, Jenny spoke on behalf of the NDP in support of Bill C-8:
On October 27th, 2020, Jenny rose to speak about the Liberals' Housing Strategy:
On October 20, 2020, MP Jenny Kwan asks why, one month after the announcement, in the midst of a pandemic, with cold weather upon us, the Liberal government still hasn't released details on how non-profit housing providers can access Raid Housing Initiative funds:
On October 9th, 2020, Jenny rose and asked this question: