Gord Johns
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Gord Johns voted for bills on housing supply and a youth housing strategy, tougher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders, and paid leave for parents whose child dies.1234
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Adds mental health, addiction, and substance use services to the list of healthcare services provinces must fund.Provinces must fund mental health, addiction, and substance use services as part of healthcare.
Allows volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers to claim a tax credit for their service.Volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers can claim a tax credit for their service.
Increases tax credits for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers from $6,000 to $10,000.Tax credits for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers increase from $6,000 to $10,000.
Requires the government to develop a national plan for brain injury awareness, prevention, treatment, and recovery support.The government must create a national plan for brain injury awareness, prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Adds rules treating certain situations as meeting disability criteria for tax credits and Canada Pension Plan benefits.Certain situations now count toward disability criteria for tax credits and Canada Pension Plan benefits.
Requires the government to develop and implement a national strategy addressing pollution from shipping container spills.The government must develop a national strategy to address pollution from shipping container spills.
Removes penalties for possessing certain drugs, allows clearing past drug convictions, and requires developing a national substance use strategy.Drug possession penalties are removed, past convictions can be cleared, and a substance use strategy required.
Requires the government to develop and carry out a national plan to promote cycling.The government must develop and carry out a national plan to promote cycling.
Establishes a plan to develop and carry out a national strategy focused on cycling across Canada.The government must develop and carry out a national strategy to promote cycling across Canada.
Sets October 22nd each year as a national day to remember Canadian Armed Forces members who died in peacetime.October 22nd becomes a national day to remember Canadian Armed Forces members who died in peacetime.
Allows survivors to receive pension benefits from deceased spouses or partners who married or began living together after age 60.Survivors can get pension benefits from spouses or partners who married or moved in after age 60.
Requires fish farms to use closed containment systems to prevent fish from escaping into natural waters.Fish farms must use closed containment systems to prevent fish from escaping into natural waters.
Allows volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers to claim a tax deduction for their service.Volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers can claim a tax deduction for their service.
Creates rules for federal funding of provincial mental health, addiction, and substance use services.Federal funding rules are created for provincial mental health, addiction, and substance use services.
Allows volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers to claim a tax credit on their income taxes.Volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers can claim a tax credit on their income taxes.
Requires the government to develop and implement a plan to promote cycling across Canada.The government must develop and carry out a plan to promote cycling across Canada.
Adds mental health, addiction, and substance use services to the types of health care covered under Canada's health insurance system.Mental health, addiction, and substance use services are added to Canada's health insurance coverage.
Establishes a national system to help skilled trade workers move and work across Canadian provinces more easily.Makes it easier for skilled trade workers to move between Canadian provinces and work there.
Adjusts tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, homebuyers, and removes fuel excise taxes temporarily.Changes tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, and homebuyers, and temporarily removes fuel excise taxes.
Establishes a national framework to make electronic products and home appliances last longer.Sets up a national framework to make electronic products and home appliances last longer.
Authorizes government spending to improve housing supply.Lets the government spend money to improve housing supply.
Creates new crimes for controlling intimate partners and harmful sexual conduct, and strengthens penalties for related murders and harassment.Creates new crimes for controlling intimate partners and harmful sexual conduct, strengthens related murder and harassment penalties.
Allocates 11.1 billion dollars to cover federal government expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.Provides 11.1 billion dollars for federal government expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.
Allows authorities to keep certain dangerous prisoners in maximum security instead of automatically moving them to lower security levels.Lets authorities keep dangerous prisoners in maximum security instead of automatically moving them to lower levels.
Creates a government corporation to increase affordable housing supply and promote better building techniques in Canada.Creates a government corporation to increase affordable housing and promote better building techniques.
Adjusts federal tax rules including manufacturing deductions, benefit payments, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.Changes federal tax rules for manufacturing, benefits, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.
Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.
Updates military justice rules and related laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.Updates military justice rules and laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.
Creates rules for how grocery stores display prices and requires them to report on following these rules.Creates rules for how grocery stores display prices and requires them to report compliance.
Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.
Creates a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising and reduce related harms in Canada.Sets up a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising and reduce related harms.
Clarifies substance use treatment programs for youth and allows courts to delay sentencing or require treatment participation.Clarifies substance use treatment for youth and lets courts delay sentencing or require treatment.
Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.
Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial, prioritizing public safety over automatic release.Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial.
Changes rules for how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.Changes how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.
Requires courts to consider a person's immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.Requires courts to consider immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.
Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of allowing them to run at the same time.Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of running them together.
Modifies rules for controlling exports and imports of goods requiring permits.Modifies rules for controlling exports and imports of goods requiring permits.
Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.
Strengthens rules for managing hazardous substances in Canada's oceans and abandoned vessels on Canadian coasts.Strengthens rules for managing hazardous substances in Canada's oceans and abandoned vessels on coasts.
Designates November as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Canada.Designates November as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Canada.
Establishes a national housing strategy for young Canadians and requires the designated minister to report progress to Parliament.Establishes a national housing strategy for young Canadians and requires the minister to report progress.
Exempts Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.Exempts Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.
Allows parents to take paid leave from work when their child dies.Allows parents to take paid leave from work when their child dies.
Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia while allowing government orders to enforce it and requiring reviews every three years.Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia with government enforcement and three-year reviews.
Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government can sign them.Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government signs them.
Increases tax breaks for small business owners, people with disabilities, and research spending while raising capital gains tax limits.Increases tax breaks for small business owners and people with disabilities, raises capital gains tax limits.