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House Hansard - 37

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/28/22 10:29:17 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I thank my esteemed colleague from Montarville. I always enjoy listening to him. He mentioned in his speech that he was a bit surprised by the very quick international response. We had another surprise earlier today. Switzerland emerged from hundreds of years of sacrosanct neutrality. I wonder if my colleague shares my impression that this too marks something of a turning point in the way the west is handling this conflict.
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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Mr. Stéphane Bergeron
  • Feb/28/22 10:29:49 p.m.
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Madam Chair, once again, my colleague is quite right. It is rather amazing to see Switzerland, whose neutrality has always been a cardinal value, fall in line, take a position in a conflict and decide to impose the same sanctions as other democratic states. As neutral as Switzerland may be, it is also a democracy. I am certain that the Swiss authorities clearly understood what I said earlier, that what is happening at present is a challenge to all democracies around the world. Switzerland heard Russia's challenge, so Switzerland sided with democracies by condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
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