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House Hansard - 34

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud
  • Feb/19/22 10:24:51 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, sometimes I do not know whether the question is coming from the NDP or the Liberal Party, because they sound the same. Yes, it is a crisis, but it would not have gotten as serious as it did if the federal government had taken its responsibilities from day one. This is not a national crisis. All of Canada is not being targeted and under siege; it is a security perimeter in front of Parliament. The situation could have been dealt with by the police without the Emergencies Act.
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Ron McKinnon
  • Feb/19/22 1:23:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Emergencies Act was brought into force at this time to deal with a very specific, focused and narrow problem, one that has come to the fore in the last several weeks and that law enforcement officials have been unable, because of conflicting jurisdictions and lack of resources, to deal with appropriately. We have seen already during the course of the last day and continuing today the ability of these law enforcement officials, who are now enabled with the appropriate resources and co-operation among forces across the country, to bring to the situation the necessary assets to put it back in the box and get us once again—
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • Feb/19/22 10:51:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I always try to avoid conflating issues as much as possible. I think there were other ways to deal with the situation we were facing, besides invoking the Emergencies Act. Doing nothing was certainly not the way to get people to leave.
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • Feb/19/22 10:52:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, as I was saying in my speech yesterday and today, I listened to the debate. There is ample agreement that the situation was urgent. However, where we do not agree on the act is that there is no national crisis. This is a local crisis. That is the difference.
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