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House Hansard - 31

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Feb/15/22 4:57:11 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am not saying that the Bloc is delaying the process. What I am saying is that it is because of the NDP that the Bloc members have the luxury of being able to vote against this motion. The Bloc members know full well that if they were not in this position and the NDP was not voting in favour of this motion, they would have a lot more pressure to vote in favour of it. Where I am identifying the hypocrisy is that the Bloc members were willing to deal with this issue through a unanimous consent motion that they raised on a number of occasions today, to deal with it swiftly in one quick motion, in less than 15 seconds, yet they will not vote in favour of this motion to move it along just as quickly. That is the hypocrisy.
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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Feb/15/22 5:24:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Madam Speaker, I find the member is somewhat cherry-picking the way he wants to apply rules and tradition. He made reference to former prime minister Stephen Harper. In four years, he brought in different forms of time allocation and closure over 100 times. All one needs to do is take a look. We can even consider the Conservatives when they are in opposition. To their credit, in December, they requested unanimous consent for the conversion therapy legislation. There was no debate whatsoever, and we are very grateful for it. Today we have a programming motion that is supported by one of the opposition parties. We have a programming motion dealing with putting money in the pockets of seniors, and it is as simple as that. Does the member not see the difference, and maybe even realize there might be a bit of hypocrisy in his comments?
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