#Brooks Arcand-Paul

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November 7, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: What a society we could have with a strong matriarchy that still recognized the pre-eminence of two-spirit folks in a society that did not have any gendered language in the way we communicated with each other.

That’s right, Madam Speaker. Nehiyawewin does not contain gendered language. Let that sink in. Our society, our culture does not distinguish speaking with each other in gendered language. This is beautiful; Cree beautifulness.

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February 28, 2024

LGBTQ2S Rights

Member Arcand-Paul: Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak today wearing a beautiful ribbon skirt that was gifted to me to represent my communities. I’m wearing it today to take up space as a tastawiyiniw, a two-spirit person, an individual that possesses both the masculine and feminine energies, a people that were revered on these lands since time immemorial, before the arrival of settlers with the ideology that our people were sinful.

I do so in this House as a mark of defiance across from this government, which has threatened the existence of my relatives. I’m wearing this to remind them that as long as my colleagues and I are sitting here, we will always stand up and defend human rights in this province. I am wearing this ribbon skirt to remind this government that we are not going anywhere, that we belong in this province, and that we will not let them take away the human rights of our trans, gender-diverse, and two-spirit family members.

But this is not about me. This is about the trans youth that this government has targeted. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve heard from countless community members, trans folks, organizations, doctors, parents, athletes, coaches, professors, teachers, and experts in many other fields. They cannot believe their government has chosen to target vulnerable kids while there are so many areas that this government is failing in. Instead, they are seeing their government taking away freedoms of Albertans. The Premier is bullying queer youth for her own personal gain and, in so doing, is emboldening hate between Albertans.

In the United States Nex Benedict was murdered by bullies at their school in a state that had equivalent legislative attacks on the queer community as the Premier is attempting to do in Alberta. A trans person took their own life here because of this inflated political rhetoric in our province, and I worry, just like the parents of trans youth in this province, that we will have more deaths because of this government’s harmful rhetoric. I should not have to rise in this House to remind this government that my people deserve to live and deserve human rights. To the trans, gender-diverse, and two-spirit youth: we see you, we love you, you matter; we will keep working to build an Alberta that is safe for you to live in.

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November 7, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: Could you imagine a world where we would not even be having this conversation, one in which the UCP does not hyperfixate on what someone is discussing with their doctor and their parents or a world where Alberta’s government is not hyperfixated on the freedoms of some and not for all, one in which they are focused on affordability, housing, and issues that matter to Albertans that they need help with? This is a world I daydream about often, because this government makes it so difficult to be a queer person in Alberta. When a gun purports to have more freedoms than a trans, gender-diverse, or two-spirit person, you know your government has the wrong priorities in place.

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November 26, 2024

The Speaker: I would say that on this occasion it does seem that the hon. member’s comments have raised to the level of a point of order, and he can apologize and withdraw.

Member Arcand-Paul: I apologize. The minister is unsure of his files. I apologize and withdraw.

The Speaker: I consider this matter dealt with and . . .

Mr. Williams: What?

The Speaker: Pardon me? I don’t need help from the hon. Minister of Mental Health and Addiction. If you had examples of every member on this side of the Assembly apologizing without reservation, then perhaps you would have an argument. In this case, the member provided some unnecessary comment –I will give you that – and then apologized and withdrew. If members apologize perfectly every time, then perhaps I would be less inclined to comment. That’s not what happens in this Chamber, as you well know.

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November 9, 2023

Member Arcand-Paul: I’m here because of my ancestors. I’m here for the next seven generations. I’m here for those queer kids that deserve to see themselves in this House, because they belong here, too.

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May 16, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: Let’s now turn to the Forest and Prairie Protection Act amendments, namely 5(6), which inserts after section 7 a new section 7.1 by adding a requirement for municipalities to report any information requested to the minister while the municipalities are trying to – get this – manage an actual wildfire. Sorry; this is making me really angry.

An Hon. Member: That’s the tea.

Member Arcand-Paul: It’s actually Pepsi, or Bepsi, as we call it.

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April 17, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: The UCP’s beliefs that the corporations will always look out for the best interests of individuals is so obviously demonstrative of how appropriate this belief is in just how unscrupulous corporations have treated the very people that helped build this province. Corporations do not prioritize Albertans; they prioritize profits and their bottom line.

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April 15, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: Mr. Speaker, what we are hearing from Albertans is that – and to quote a well-known line – the rent is too darn high, because, quite frankly, it is. The quote has been amended to be more parliamentary, but you get the gist.

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November 9, 2023

Member Arcand-Paul: Now, as the elected member representing my constituents in Edmonton-West Henday, it is my duty to hold this government accountable to its decisions that impact all Albertans; for example, the misuse of Albertans’ hard-earned tax dollars on advertisements outside of Alberta to stick it to – you guessed it – Justin Trudeau. And, hey, for the record, Mr. Speaker, I’m not a big fan of him or his decisions either. But we don’t need to be spending millions of Albertans’ dollars on wrapping Toronto subway cars just to send him a message when we have over 4,000 unhoused folks on Edmonton streets with a brutal winter around the corner.

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November 26, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: You see, Mr. Speaker, anti 2SLGBTQIA-plus hate is real in this province, and it is pervasive in sport. Instead of addressing the real root of misogyny and hate in this province, we are instead legislating more hatred and preventing access to sport for many other 2SLGBTQIA-plus participants, because we are normalizing hatred against a member of our family, trans women in this province, a number that is much smaller than 1 per cent of our population.

This is why I’m arguing against this today, Mr. Speaker, and I would really urge the other side to consider themselves when they boldly claim that they may be an ally to the 2SLGBTQIA-plus community. If they vote yes, they can never claim to be an ally to my community because they will have voted against the rights of one of our family members.

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November 7, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: The UCP’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. What we have seen this fall is the following message to Albertans: you are free only so long as you are not trans, gender-diverse, or two-spirit. Shame, UCP. Shame on this government for legislating hatred and stoking these divisions even further.

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May 21, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: The other side does not get a pat on the back for doing the bare minimum. They ought to have known better and acted accordingly. Instead, they were caught without any contemplation of Indigenous peoples and were thereby forced to make this amendment, and I want the record to show that.

Madam Chair, this is not a government focused on a relationship based on reconciliation in this province. It is one that continuously pushes the boundaries, and when they are caught, they put their tail between their legs and are shamed into doing the right thing when they should have been doing the right thing from the outset.

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May 16, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: My question to the minister on amendment 6(2), which amends the Water Act at 107(2.1)(i)(B) to designate the priority of diversion or uses of water: well, Mr. Speaker, who is going to tell the First Nations, who have been demanding to be included in water access in an equitable manner, a resource which, I might remind this House, is also part of our traditional territory, that it was this easy for the government to make those amendments to the Water Act? I certainly will.

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May 6, 2024

Member Arcand-Paul: Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked Red Dress Day. This House has heard the history of this day many times, but not once has this House ever acknowledged the women that we know about and who have been reported by media as having gone missing or been murdered in Alberta. Today I want to speak power to the names of those women so we never ever forget them and commit to no more stolen sisters, brothers, and nonbinary kin.

Alannah Cardinal, Amber Tuccaro, Annette Holywhiteman, Bernadette Ahenakew, Bonnie Jack, Brittany Bearspaw, Caralyn King, Chantelle Bushie, Cheryl Black, Christine Cardinal, Cindy Gladue, Deanna Bellerose, Delena Lefthand Dixon, Delores Brower, Desiree Oldwoman, Edna Bernard, Elaine Alook, Freda Goodrunning, Gloria Black Plume, Gloria Gladue, Helene Ratfat, Jacqueline Crazybull, Janice Desjarlais, Jarita Naistus, Jeanette Cardinal, Jessica Cardinal, Joanne Ghostkeeper, Joey English, Joyce Hewitt, Juanita Cardinal, Judy Chescue, Justine Cochrane, Katie Ballantyne, Krystle Knott, Leanne Benwell, Leslie Talley, Linda Scott, Lori Kasprick, Lorilee Francis, Maggie Burke, Marie Desjarlais, Mary Kreiser, Mavis Mason, Michelle Hadwen, Misty Potts, Monica Cardinal, Pauline Brazeau, Philomene Lemay, Rachel Quinney, Rene Gunning, Rhonda Running Bird, Rose Decoteau, Roxanne Isadore, Ruth Cocks, Shelly Dene, Shirley Waquan, Stella St. Arnault, Terrie Dauphinais, Trudy Gopher, Violet Heathen, and all those who remain unreported or unknown. You are all our sisters, aunties, mothers, kokums, chapans, and nonbinary kin. Rest in power.

The work we do must always be to address missing and murdered Indigenous peoples as everyday work. Further, the work we do must include all women, especially trans women. This is nonnegotiable. This includes the work being done through the Premier’s Council on MMIWG such as the implementation of the road map, which cannot be done if the government continues to attack two-spirit, gender-diverse, and trans people in this province.