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House Hansard - 35

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 20, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • Feb/20/22 10:13:54 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member for Whitby gave a long speech that included a lot of points to ponder. The Bloc Québécois believes intervention was called for. Had there been intervention, there would have been no need to invoke special legislation. However, what is past is past. Still, we know the far right is on the rise, and the member talked about that. Now let us talk about the future. The Emergencies Act was invoked without much thought, so where do we go from here? Will the government regularly invoke the Emergencies Act to thwart the far right? Has my colleague given any thought to a plan for the future?
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)
  • Feb/20/22 4:19:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Does he believe that Canada's current laws and the provinces' current resources and powers are so insufficient as to warrant federal intervention when a protest takes place or streets get blocked? If so, should we expect the Emergencies Act to be invoked every time there is a protest on Wellington Street in Ottawa?
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 7:50:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his intervention today. He spoke about knowing when it would be appropriate for the powers that are part of the Emergencies Act to stop. How will he know that? How will the Liberal Party give information to parliamentarians that it is in fact time for us to end the Emergencies Act powers?
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Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 9:04:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member, who is also my neighbour, for his intervention today. When we look outside and see what has happened and talk about extremism, one thing I heard during this time from some members in the House is that there are “a few bad apples”, and this is very concerning to me. We all know that there are a few bad apples in every group, but the point is not the bad apples: It is the people who stand with the bad apples. If we look at our history on this planet, it is when people were quiet, when they minimized what was happening, that really terrible things were the outcome. I wonder if the member could speak to how important it is to stand against things that are extreme and make sure that we are not complicit in things that put us and our democracy in huge trouble.
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 9:37:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his intervention in the House. I have worked closely with him on the direction and control bill that he brought forward, and I am quite pleased with some of the work he has done in the House. As we look for solutions to the crisis facing Canadians, one of my questions is how we deal with foreign funding or illegal funding of domestic terrorist groups. Would he support urgent legislation being put in place to prevent domestic terrorist groups from being funded?
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