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House Hansard - 36

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 21, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 36 - Feb/21/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/21/22 8:47:14 a.m.
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The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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Context: House Hansard - 36 - Feb/21/22
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Feb/21/22 6:45:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would advise the parliamentary secretary to adopt a tone and attitude similar to that of his colleague from Louis-Hébert, because, in both form and substance as well as in tone, other than creating a distraction, he has not contributed all that much to the debate. One thing is clear, for instance. We know that there is at least one member on the Liberal side of the House who agrees with us that the proclaimed orders do not meet the requirements or tests needed to invoke the Emergencies Act. The member for Louis-Hébert has just told us that, if he were to vote his conscience, he would vote against this motion. He has courage. However, he says that he has a moral contract with his party, that this moral contract prevents him from defeating his party, and that he will therefore vote in favour of the motion if it is a confidence vote. Does the parliamentary secretary have the courage to tell us whether it is a confidence vote or not?
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Context: House Hansard - 36 - Feb/21/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/21/22 6:52:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a Liberal member told us earlier that he would vote differently if it were a confidence vote. We have been asking the Liberal members for an hour, and we are one hour away from the vote, but no one on their benches can tell us whether it will be a confidence vote or not. Is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons close enough to the Liberal leadership to tell us whether this vote, to be held in one hour, will be a confidence vote? I do not care if he thinks that it is important that it be a confidence vote; I just want him to tell us, yes or no, whether it will be.
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