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House Hansard - 34

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Yvan Baker
  • Feb/19/22 2:35:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Emergencies Act has been critical in supporting what is happening in Ottawa today and, frankly, in clearing blockades at the border crossings over the last number of days. I say that because there are a number of measures in the Emergencies Act that give the police powers they did not have before, such as cutting off funding for the blockades, ensuring that people who are blockading a border crossing or in Ottawa know that their accounts can be frozen, and making sure that the RCMP can enforce local laws. We could not have otherwise provided the resources the member is talking about in the time needed and the amounts needed to clear these blockades. The Emergencies Act is helping in Ottawa and it has helped at the border crossings.
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Feb/19/22 11:06:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, earlier the member for Lac-Saint-Louis told us that the opposition does not get it, and that the government did not control the police services, as if there was no middle ground between controlling the police services and taking action, as if the only option left was to use the emergency measures. How is it that the Ottawa chief of police asked for 1,800 RCMP officers? How is it that the Government of Quebec, which manages public security, decided to go elsewhere? How is it that nobody understands anything except the Liberals?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Feb/19/22 11:42:32 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we often hear the Liberals say that they want to help, that they are proactive and so forth. I would like my colleague to comment on the fact that, when the Ottawa Police Service requested 1,800 additional officers, the federal government sent in only 275 RCMP officers and only 20 of them were assigned to the protests. Would responding to that request not have been a much more practical way of supporting the city?
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