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House Hansard - 34

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
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Madam Speaker, in his speech in this excellent debate on this act, the member talked about the need to reach out to people and hear what people have to say. One of the documents that the government tabled with the proclamation is called “Report to the Houses of Parliament: Emergencies Act Consultations”. It is actually a list of all the meetings the government had prior to invoking the Emergencies Act, as required under the act, to try to establish whether or not it did steps one and two before going to the “last resort”, as the Prime Minister said the Emergencies Act is. When I look through it, I cannot see steps one or two, other than meeting with themselves in cabinet meetings. The government never met with a Canadian outside of the government. Could the hon. member tell us his position with regard to consultation and hearing people before resorting to such a draconian act?
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