44th Parl. 1st Sess.

December 6, 2021 11:00AM

Dec/6/21 4:59:34 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, I have no doubt that the member was passionately suggesting that he had the the same question I do. I have some concerns about how terminology like “minor disturbances” might be widely interpreted. It is a term that could be very subjective. I wonder if the member has any comments about that term and maybe some of the other challenges where in committee this terminology might be able to be tightened up.

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Mr. Marc Serré

Dec/6/21 5:00:05 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, I thank the member for the work he is done on the health side. As to the question about terminology in the bill, that is why we have to get it to committee. Then we can look at specific concerns about certain terminology, the legal terminology, which is why it is important to get this through the House. At the committee level, I am looking forward to ensuring we review some of this terminology and make it right. We will work together to ensure the legislation passes.

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Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Dec/6/21 5:00:54 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, I want to start by congratulating my colleague opposite on being appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages. He can count on the Bloc Québécois to keep him busy with work. Bill C‑3 does not really change things, since the offences that the government claims are being added to the Criminal Code already exist. They are not being added. What this bill does do, however, is bring in harsher penalties for some criminal offences. Paradoxically, in 2018, the Liberal government introduced Bill C‑75, which, unlike today's bill, was designed to reclassify about a hundred offences to relax the penalties. How does the Liberal government justify or explain this about-face? Is it just following the latest trends and keeping with the times, or did it have an epiphany about the need to make the punishment fit the crime?

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Mr. Marc Serré

Dec/6/21 5:01:36 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague. I look forward to working with him on the official languages file as we take a closer look at the status of French across Canada, including in francophone minority communities. Regarding Bill C‑3, a question about terminology has already been raised. This bill offers progress on the health care file. Some things have been split off and others have been brought in, such as provisions governing court decisions. I look forward to working with my colleague in committee as we examine certain details and make sure we improve this bill to protect health care workers.

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Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)

Dec/6/21 5:02:30 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, I appreciate my hon. colleague recognizing Dr. Gretchen Roedde, who gave up her practice because of harassment. I called her before the story broke. I could not believe how tired and dispirited she was. This is a woman who has gone through child soldier roadblocks in Africa to get medical supplies, a doctor who would take the freighter canoes up Lake Temagami. She has never been tired or intimidated and she loves the north. I want to ask my colleague what he thinks is happening when in small towns like ours, this kind of disinformation and extremism is causing such damage to front-line medical workers like Dr. Roedde, paramedics and the nurses who are just so tired of what they have faced throughout the pandemic.

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Mr. Marc Serré

Dec/6/21 5:03:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the work he does in all of northern Ontario. I do not have a specific answer other than I know people have anxiety and are concerned. Social media plays a role with hate and misinformation, which we have to address. In smaller areas, maybe rural towns, the reliance on social media is probably more prevalent, but we have to find ways together at the federal, provincial and municipal levels to ensure we look at the misinformation being shared through social media.

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Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)

Dec/6/21 5:04:09 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, one of the first privileges we have when rising in these opening weeks of a new Parliament session is to be granted the opportunity to acknowledge the honour that has been bestowed upon us by our respective constituents as either newly elected or re-elected members of Parliament. With the Speaker's indulgence, allow me to begin my intervention, as many of us already have, with a brief reflection on the deep gratitude I owe to the people of Hamilton Centre, who have put their trust in me to return to this 44th Parliament to continue the important work of ensuring that the working-class values of Hamilton Centre continue to be well represented in the House of Commons—

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Mr. Martin Champoux

Dec/6/21 5:04:54 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, there is no interpretation, and I wonder if that might be because my colleague is not wearing the headset required by the House of Commons, which may be a problem for the interpreters.

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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)

Dec/6/21 5:04:54 p.m.
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Order. The hon. member for Drummond on a point of order.

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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)

Dec/6/21 5:05:07 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

I too thought there was something different about the sound. I am not sure if the problem is because of the headset the hon. member is using. It does sound different at this end, so there is a problem with interpretation. The member might want to unplug his headset and then plug it in again to see if the computer is picking up the right microphone.

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Mr. Matthew Green

Dec/6/21 5:05:54 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, is this better now?

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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)

Dec/6/21 5:06:49 p.m.
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The sound is not good enough. I have some points of order to address. The hon. member for Battle River—Crowfoot.

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Mr. Damien Kurek

Dec/6/21 5:06:56 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, I understand the member's frustration. I would simply ask for unanimous consent to allow him to switch places with the next speaker. That would give him 15 minutes or so to work with IT in order to figure out the technical difficulty and address it accordingly.

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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)

Dec/6/21 5:07:25 p.m.
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I have another point of order before I go back to the hon. member for Hamilton Centre. The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby.

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Mr. Peter Julian

Dec/6/21 5:07:38 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, if we are not able to sort out the technical problems for the member for Hamilton Centre, we have the member for Courtenay—Alberni, who would be prepared to take his place and give a speech. We would not agree to passing on the NDP slot for this important debate.

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