Official, Manitoba, Provincial
Bernadette SmithMinister of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness
Clarion follows the bills Bernadette Smith sponsored, their remarks in the chamber and the lobbying meetings that name them.
In brief
This is the role we last recorded, and roles change after elections and cabinet shuffles, so check the official source.
- Party
- New Democratic Party of Manitoba
- Riding
- Point Douglas
- Jurisdiction
- Manitoba
- minhah@manitoba.ca
Remarks in the chamber
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Addiction Treatment and Housing Stability Supports for Individuals in Recovery
That critic has not read Your Way Home, obviously, which connects people. It takes folks from encampments into housing, triages them and makes sure that they have the proper supports. In fact, one of our buildings, 26 pe…
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Rainbow Lodge in Swan River Resident Safety Concerns
We take safety and security very seriously in Manitoba Housing. We listen to our residents and we act with solutions. We continually meet with them, and you know what I would say to that member? When they were in govern…
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Government Response to Property Crime Request to Hire More Crown Prosecutors
I'm really proud to say that we've almost housed 300 people that were homeless that members opposite did not care about. In fact, they sold off over 300 units and put many of those folks into encampments. We're going to…
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Sisters in Spirit Day
Yesterday, we marked Sisters in Spirit Day, a day that was led by Indigenous women through the Native Women's Association of Canada, to bring attention to the high numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls…
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Addiction Treatment Services Recovery and Treatment Model
What I can say to that member is, under our leadership, the number of deaths in our province due to overdoses has gone down. We're going to continue to do that work. We've put a lot of services, including–over 1,500 serv…
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Safer Consumption Site Community Safety Concerns
What I will say to that member is we were working with businesses, and what businesses and community members are telling us is the area is even safer than it was before the supervised consumption opened up. We're…
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PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS — Res. 11–Right to Defend Your Home and Family
Today we're talking about public safety and the safety of Manitobans in their own homes and on their properties. I want to ask a simple question: If I was travelling–I was in my car, my car was having trouble, I was in a…
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Addiction Treatment Services Department Spending Levels
Manitobans can count on this side of the House to deliver for Manitobans. On that side of the House, they didn't take a harm reduction approach. They didn't support Manitobans. They sold off housing, put people in encamp…
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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS — Bill 16–The Mental Health Amendment Act
I move, seconded by the Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care (MLA Asagwara), that Bill 16, The Mental Health Amendment Act, reported from the Standing Committee on Social and Economic Development, be concu…
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Safe Consumption Site Health-Care Staffing
We held 11–or, nine consultations. There were two that were held by community; I was at each one of those. I will continue to have my door open for anyone that would like to come and speak to me about supervised consum…
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