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House Hansard - 34

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Ms. Julie Dzerowicz
  • Feb/19/22 3:52:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would agree with the hon. member. We realized, and the police forces across the country made us realize, that there were some gaps in their ability to be able to act. Tracking and stopping the money was one of the key elements that was missing, as was designating spaces to be able to enforce protection and enabling tow trucks to take action. To address the use of trucks as instruments in the blockades was also a gap in our ability to use existing laws.
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Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Feb/19/22 6:26:06 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, a lot of laws could have been used but were not used. We ended up with an occupation that went on for three weeks. What laws could have been invoked to get tow truck drivers to pull trucks away when they were refusing?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Ms. Leslyn Lewis
  • Feb/19/22 6:26:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe section 129 of the Criminal Code could have been utilized to get tow truck drivers to remove vehicles from the streets, so we did have sufficient mechanisms in our criminal laws to deal with that issue. Therefore, the Emergencies Act was unnecessarily invoked.
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)
  • Feb/19/22 6:56:01 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I feel like I just attended an excellent bit of theatre. It was a very passionate performance. My colleague gave the example of parking his car in a no-parking zone in Longueuil. The police comes along, he refuses to leave, and the police give him a fine. He claims that the police would call the towing company to have his vehicle towed. Is he aware that towing companies in Ottawa did not want to touch the convoy trucks for fear of reprisal and that this legislation was needed to encourage them to come tow the trucks away once the police gained control of the situation? It seems fairly obvious to me—
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Mr. Denis Trudel
  • Feb/19/22 6:57:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague, whom I am very fond of, is incorrect. All it would take is a court order. Just order the companies to go tow the trucks, and it is done. There is no need for a sledgehammer or a big club like the emergency legislation before us today.
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Hon. Hedy Fry
  • Feb/19/22 9:20:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that ability to bring in the tow trucks being asked for by a province and municipality is still provincial jurisdiction, and they do not have the powers to do that. The Emergencies Act gave them the authority to do that. We should ask ourselves why tow truck drivers are afraid to do this. It is because they are intimidated by their own so-called trucker convoys. They have protected their driver's licences and truck companies because they are scared. They put on masks so nobody would know who they are. Is that the kind of—
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • Feb/19/22 10:49:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my question is this: Did the tow truck drivers go in alone? I understand that some were afraid. I understand that, hence the importance of the words “consultation” and “collaboration” with law enforcement. They both needed to work together, as they did over the past two days, even if it meant getting help from the RCMP, from Toronto and other neighbouring cities, which is what happened in the end. By working together from the start, a lot of mistakes could have been avoided. I understand that people were afraid of getting death threats. I have been on the receiving end, and it is not pleasant.
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