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House Hansard - 36

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 21, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 36 - Feb/21/22
Mr. Richard Bragdon
  • Feb/21/22 9:18:31 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think right now we obviously have the tools and mechanisms to make sure safeguards are in place for foreign donors and others who are involving themselves in Canadian affairs, such as mechanisms like FINTRAC. Let us utilize the tools that are already in place, rather than this nuclear overreach that is taking and targeting Canadian citizens for actions that may be politically opposed to the government of the day. This is a dangerous overreach, and this measure must be revoked by Parliament.
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Context: House Hansard - 36 - Feb/21/22
Mr. Scott Aitchison
  • Feb/21/22 9:55:55 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his gracious comments and kind words. The feeling is certainly quite mutual. I think that, very specifically in this moment, it is an overreach. However, I think the hon. member heard from me that what concerns me more than anything else are the decades of a political discourse in this country that is designed to divide us. All parties are guilty of it. I will say to anyone who served in municipal politics that if we ever behaved in municipal politics the way we behave in the House, we would not be in office very long. It is disgusting. It is ripping this country apart and it breaks my heart. We need to do better.
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