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House Hansard - 31

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Mr. Garnett Genuis
  • Feb/15/22 5:31:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Mr. Speaker, it is important to understand what was particular about that moment in March and April of 2020. We did not have many of the tools that we now have. Our view as a party is that we should be moving beyond a virtual Parliament and having these debates in person. Nonetheless, we have these tools available to us. These tools were not even available at the beginning of the pandemic. We had to do some exceptional things with the hope and understanding that we would correct any mistakes that were made, and that they would not be setting any precedents. The government has been reluctant to correct errors, but it has also tried to use a very limited set of circumstances to justify extending that precedent and using draconian programming motions whenever it wants to, going forward. That is unacceptable. That is a permanent undermining of the effectiveness of our democratic institutions.
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