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House Hansard - 34

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Feb/19/22 8:05:22 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech, which contained some very interesting nuances. My question is about the truckers who were on the street. Once again, there are not many left this morning. Does my colleague really believe that the measures that have been implemented, such as seizing bank accounts and trucks or closing mortgage accounts, will have an impact on truckers, most of whom are from here, by which I mean Canadian?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Feb/19/22 8:52:02 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there are two elements to this order, and the main one has to do with the economy. Yesterday, it was demonstrated that the banks had frozen the accounts of some of the truckers, as well as the loans tied to their trucks. Now that that has been done and the truckers have gone home, will these restrictions be lifted, and when will it happen?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
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
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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Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Feb/19/22 7:44:44 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we are told that some demonstrators were planning to overthrow the government. I just had a look around outside and was able to see the state of things. I would like the member to tell me one thing: Of the zero trucks parked outside, how many are planning to overthrow the government?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
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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