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House Hansard - 33

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 33 - Feb/17/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Feb/17/22 11:10:32 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, as my hon. colleague from Battle River—Crowfoot summed up the number of parties in this place, he forgot the Green Party, which he would probably like to forget, but the reality is that we are the caucus that has not yet declared how we plan to vote. I would encourage him to give me some reasons to decide to ignore the horrific language and heckling that has taken place all day from those benches and encourage me to vote with them. What specific arguments does he think he could muster that would say that this was a time for the Greens to vote with Conservatives?
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Context: House Hansard - 33 - Feb/17/22
Mr. Damien Kurek
  • Feb/17/22 11:11:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, although the Green Party does not have official party status, it is a party that is represented in this place. My answer to my colleague would be this. Does this crisis meet the precedent that she would wish to be set, not just for the current government to invoke the Emergencies Act but for any future government to do the same? Does the context in which we are having this debate meet that criteria? This is not about voting with or against Conservatives. This is about whether or not—
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