Bonita Zarrillo🇨🇦

@mp-bonitazarrillo.bsky.social

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Bonita Zarrillo Former Member of Parliament 🇨🇦 Port Moody - Coquitlam, Posts are my own oppinion

It is past time for governments to address the reality of climate change and to do more to protect people. The costs of not being proactive are astronomical.
I woke up to the best Birthday Present ever! Congratulations to all the WestJet Flight Attendants on your tentative new deal! More to come after my morning coffee ☕️ 🎉🎉🎉🎉 PS Giant hugs 🤗 to Alia and the entire WestJet Component! #StrongerTogether #Solidarity # #TentativeDeal #FlightAttendants flightattendant CUPE
Nobody should have to work for free! Today I met with the WestJet Flight Attendants at the Vancouver strike centre to show my solidarity and let them know they are not alone. If a strike happens I will be there standing shoulder to shoulder! #UnpaidWorkWontFly #WestJey #FlightAttendants
Governing is about choices and values….. and ……this Liberal government is making it clear that it does not care about Canadians living with disabilities, many of whom live in legislated poverty. This is wrong and could be corrected in minutes by Minister Hajdu. It’s time to fix this debacle.
The fight for justice continues. An excellent oped from Inclusion Canada in the comments section! The Liberal Government is handing out billions to mega wealthy oil and gas companies but continues to punch down on Canadians Living With Disabilities! This is wrong and needs to be corrected immediately! #Disability #Justice #Inclusion #PWD #disabilitytiktok #Canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #coquitlam #winnipeg
I stand in solidarity with Flight Attendants and indeed ALL workers! Last summer Striking Air Canada Flight attendants changed history and the fight is not over to end Unpaid Work in the airline industry AND ensure the Liberals end their abusive use of section 107 of the labour code.
I stand in solidarity with workers
Interesting that Mark Carney appointed a minister of AI but not one for persons with disabilities or labour. It seems he has no interest in the reality of human beings.
PM Mark Carney disregards the environment. This generation and the next deserve better than a new West Coast oil pipeline. The Liberal Government’s focus is regressive. Fossil fuel expansion that already proves to produce catastrophic results. Progressive voters in Port Moody - Coquitlam did not vote for that. I will always stand up for the environment and our collective futures. ——
At the Canada Labour Council Convention in Winnipeg, unions delivered a united message to PM Carney and Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu: pass NDP MP Leah Gazan’s Bill C-247 and end the use of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, which undermines workers’ rights to fair bargaining.
Happening Now- I’m out door knocking with our local @NDP team along with leader @Avi Lewis. We’re out on the doors in Winnipeg (Elmwood-Transcona) talking to people on the cost of living and how it’s time to stop 🛑 surveillance pricing!
IYKYN - Happening now - I am in Elmwood - Transcona, where there are deep roots in the rail industry and deep roots in the NDP! The grassroots effort has started to turn this riding NDP Orange 🍊 again 🧡🧡🧡
Stand in solidarity with People Living With Disabilities who continue to be left behind by the Carney Liberal government. Today was an opportunity to listen to disability advocates and the continued calls from the NDP to make the Canada Disability Benefit adequate to lift people out of poverty. $200 a month doesn’t even buy a week’s worth of groceries. #disability #disabilitytiktok #disabilityawareness #pwd #disabilityadvocate
both local MPs Zoe Royer and Ron McKinnon, are over seven months late and have not complied as of today.
Happening now — the cruel and callous treatment of persons living with a disability by the Liberal government continues.
I stand in solidarity with NDP Leader Avi Lewis who today called on the Carney government to stop grocery stores from algorithmic pricing that drives up the cost of food.✊✊✊ #costofliving #groceryprices #foodprices #canada #ndp
As PM Carney negotiates away his #Values NDP Leader Avi Lewis is meeting the moment by putting his focus and energy behind helping people during the cost of living crisis.
NDP Party Unity Starts with Rob Ashton! 🤝🧡 Today I joined NDP leadership candidate Rob Ashton on stage for the leadership showcase. Together with CLC President Bea Bruske, Alyssa Cadet and Marty Warrren Nat. Director USW Canada we discussed and heard directly from Rob on how under Rob’s leadership we can fight for people vs allowing bankers, billionaires and big corporate bosses to continue to run the show. An incredible response from the Convention attendees who agree we are stronger united
My heart is with all of the aviation industry after the terrible tragedy out of LaGuardia. My condolences to the families of the pilots, and my love to all the crew and passengers.💔
One year ago, Mark Carney eliminated the Minister of Disability Minister in government, ensuring Canadians living with disabilities would lose their voice and be left behind. That decision was wrong and hurts people. I’m headed to Winnipeg for the NDP Convention and will be addressing the Disability Committee on how a strong NDP presence in Parliament is needed to ensure that a dedicated Minister of Disability becomes a reality again, so that the Canada Disability Benefit Act can be fixed.
The Liberals are no friend to workers. They know flight attendants are working up to 35 hours unpaid each month. This week they decided to turn their backs on them and support the giant corporations that are raking in billions of dollars in profits off unpaid work. This is wrong, and we won’t stop until they fix the labour code to end unpaid work in the airline industry — and indeed in all industries.… show hashtags
I guess Carney’s billionaire buddies don’t take transit.
The NDP was built by people gathering in union hall by union hall, community centre by community centre and around kitchen table by kitchen table. This is how we rebuild! #NDP
I stand in solidarity with Air Canada Flight Attendants who’s union enters arbitration. #Solidarity
Happening now! Today over 10,000 people came out to rally in Vancouver for a free Iran! I stand in solidarity with the people of Iran fighting for freedom, justice and human rights. #freeiran #solidarity #justice #humanrights #sosiran
The Liberals are underfunding healthcare! I brought this to their attention in the last parliament but they have done nothing to improve the situation and the crisis is worsening putting lives at risk….. From the college of physicians………6.5 million Canadians are without a family doctor. Family physicians provide over half of all medical services but receive just 6% of health funding. Link in comments to write your MP
Watch till the end… Wesley Lesosky nailed it at committee: studying unpaid airline work is like asking if the sky is blue — just ask any Flight Attendant living it every day. Then the Carney Liberal MP let the truth slip: they don’t believe Flight Attendants should be paid for every hour worked and want to keep using Section 107 to force workers back on the job. That’s a violation of workers’ Charter rights and fair bargaining. Days like this make me wish I were back in Parliament fighting for Flight Attendants and working families.”
Today we remember the 14 women who were murdered at École Polytechnique de Montréal — murdered because they were women.
$200 a month? The Inadequate Canada Disability Benefit won’t even buy groceries for a month. The liberal government promised to lift People Living With A Disability out of poverty. This is another broken promise.
A massive betrayal by Housing Minister Robertson and the Carney Liberals. Canadians expected unprecedented speed on easing the housing crisis a major platform piece in PM Carney campaign. Receipts in the comments section. 🙏🙏 To my NDP Collegue Jenny Kwan for shining a light on this today in parliament. #Canada #housing #betrayal #portmoody #coquitlam #HousingMarket #housingcrisis #HousingIsAHumanRight #LiberalFailure #MarkCarneyCantBeTrusted #canpoli #cdnpoli
Right out of the Trump/Bannon playbook PM Carney floods the zone pushing a pipeline and lifting of the tanker ban that will never happen… but… slipping through the lifting of the emissions cap and expanding the TMX pipeline in our backyard that requires the dredging of Burrard Inlet. Very Dangerous!
Today starts the 16 days of activism against gender based violence. The Carney Liberal government has failed women living with a disability and indeed ALL women! With a backdrop of increased resource extraction, at the same time as PM Carney walks away from feminist protections across the world, I know that violence against women will only continue to rise. It doesn’t have to be this way. #SupportWomen #GenderEquity
November 24. 2025- To Minister Hajdu - why is your government dragging their feet on this 👇. it’s time to support Flight Attendants and indeed all workers. My open letter below. I fear the only reason for this continued delay is that Minister Hajdu and the Carney Liberals are preparing once again to use Section 107 to trample on the Charter rights of WestJet flight attendants if the current negotiations end in strike action. Patty.hajdu@parl.gc.ca
A BIG thank you to everyone who came out to our Port Moody Coquitlam Anmore and Belcarra Federal NDP EDA AGM! A huge thank you to the executive, team and volunteers for making it happen. It was an incredible opportunity to hear directly from all the Canada’s NDP / Le NPD du Canada Leadership Candidates. 🙏🙏 to Rob Ashton Tanille Johnston Avi Lewis Heather McPherson & Tony McQuail for joining us and inspiring our membership. I am already hearing more and more people in Port Moody - Coquitlam that regret lending their vote to Mark Carney and the Liberals and losing one of the most progressive MP’s in Ottawa. I continue to work for you in our community and look forward to connecting with you as we enter the holiday season. 🧡 Photo credit David Blatherwick 🙏
Why is Minister Hajdu stalling? This Liberal Government continues to let flight attendants down. Liberal Minister Hajdu has the opportunity…right now… to repeal section 107 of the labour code to end the governments’ abuse of workers charter right to fair bargaining and the right to strike.
Remembrance Day Wreath laying ceremony at the Ambassador of Peace hosted by the Korean Veterans Association. I am so grateful for the strong and enduring friendship between Korea and Canada. Our two countries will forever be connected by those who fought, and by those who paid the ultimate price during the Korean War. Their courage, respect, and friendship live on in the relationships we share today. 🙏🙏 to all the organizers, volunteers and great MC Michael Chang #LestWeForget #LestWeForget2025 #RemembranceDay #canada #Korea #friendship #unity #burnaby #coquitlam #coquitlambc #vancouver #britishcolum
PM Carney is playing a game of chicken with Canadians during the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. Port Moody–Coquitlam deserves a Member of Parliament who shows up. Nobody wants an election but if PM Carney forces one then the #NDP in our riding will be ready.
Watch the non-answer from the Liberal Gov. Corporate greed is driving food prices out of control. Record numbers of Canadians are relying on food banks and are food insecure. This Liberal government is not meeting the moment and while Canadians go hungry. Thank Lori Idlout 🙏
Corporate greed keeps winning while working families fall behind. The Carney Cuts can’t come off the backs of workers and families. End greed—make the ultra-rich pay their fair share and deliver fairness for all. #Canada #Inequality #Income
First unpaid work for flight attendants. Now the Carney Cuts. PM Carney and the Liberals are betraying women and gender equality. This is wrong. 🙏 to Leah Gazan for always standing up for women.
Rob Ashton will take on the bankers, billionaires and big corporate bosses…and win…for you.✊ “He’s genuine, he cares about you, and he gets things done. Rob is the kind of compassionate and determined leader the NDP needs right now.” « Il est sincère, il a les gens à cœur et il obtient des résultats. Rob, c’est le genre de leader humain et déterminé dont le NPD a besoin. » #NDP #Leader #Leadership #endorsement #canpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #teamrob #canada #jobs #worker #workers #WorkersRights #union #workingforyou #FightingForYou #vancouver #toronto #montreal
Breaking: The NDP re-tabled Unpaid Work Won’t Fly — to amend the labour code so flight attendants are paid in FULL for every minute worked. The Liberals could’ve fixed this last Parliament. Over to you, Patty Hajdu — do the right thing. ✈️✊ #cdnpoli #NDP
PM Carney’s abuse of Section 107 of the Labour Code is a direct attack on workers—tilting power to bankers, billionaires & big bosses. It’s time to stand up for working families! ✊
Great Rally in Toronto with CUPE National…..There are Families across Canada that are still waiting for $10-a-day childcare — and childcare workers are still waiting for fair pay. #FixIt #careworker #care #childcare #workers #jobs #union #canada #ontario #jobs #canpoli #cdnpoli #LiberalFailure
Game On! Flight Attendants are gathering in Toronto for the CUPE Convention and I am honoured to be addressing them today. They are part of an incredible labour movement and it’s game on! #LETSGO