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House Hansard - 33

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 33 - Feb/17/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Feb/17/22 12:31:46 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate the Minister of Emergency Preparedness sharing the care and caution with which this is being applied. The Prime Minister shared a more targeted approach, but I need to reconcile that with what I am reading in the regulations that we have been provided, which mention critical infrastructure quite broadly. I share the concerns of the member for Burnaby South, for example, with respect to how this could be applied in the future to indigenous land defenders and climate activists. Could the minister clarify the difference between the more targeted approach we are hearing and the words we are seeing written here?
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Context: House Hansard - 33 - Feb/17/22
Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)
  • Feb/17/22 5:26:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague from La Prairie spoke about trilogies, but I for one am interested in the fourth instalment, something like Police Academy. The member also used the term “atomic bomb”. I think the use of this new Emergencies Act is historic. I have never seen anything like it. The act is unique, and there is nothing more powerful. The situation needs to be absolutely critical. The situation only became so bad because of a lack of leadership. The government invoked the act on Monday, but today is Thursday. What has been going on the past three days? Where is the leadership?
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Context: House Hansard - 33 - Feb/17/22
Mr. Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington, CPC)
  • Feb/17/22 10:54:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member made numerous references to the reason to impose this act now. It was to protect critical infrastructure. I lost track of how many times he mentioned critical infrastructure, so I would ask two things. Could he identify which critical infrastructure this act is to protect today? Is the intent to keep this legislation in place to prevent future critical infrastructure attacks that I am not aware of?
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