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House Hansard - 57

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 25, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Apr/25/22 2:24:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, five years ago, a report was done by the Ethics Commissioner. That report made all of the matters clear. The Prime Minister responded appropriately. Again, I will say I understand the party opposite wants to drag in partisan politics and play games, but I would say there are a lot of pressing issues facing this country. We just had a budget tabled that takes critical action on housing, indigenous reconciliation and the environment, and I would think those are important things to be asking about.
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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Hon. Mark Holland
  • Apr/25/22 2:27:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I say, there are pressing and important matters that face this country and the world. If the members opposite wish to play partisan politics and relitigate something from five years ago, when the Prime Minister has acted appropriately and there was an Ethics Commissioner report, that is a choice they can make, but I would suggest that there are things more worthy of the time in this House.
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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Apr/25/22 2:36:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to see that, at the very least, the minister has read the act and is enforcing it. The problem with this affair is that it reminds us of the unfortunate events at Winnipeg's National Microbiology Laboratory. Members will recall that this government did everything it could to prevent parliamentarians and the House of Commons from having access to the documents. Members will also recall that this government dragged the Speaker himself to court when he defended parliamentarians' rights. The question is very simple: Why is the government refusing to release certain documents that state the facts and are not political or partisan?
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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Apr/25/22 2:43:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is trying to make this a partisan issue. I will use a word that I do not like to use: “troublemaking”. What CN has done is completely unacceptable. No one in the House thinks that what CN has done is a good thing. The Bloc Québécois knows it, we are saying it publicly, and the Prime Minister has said it: CN must address this issue. The Bloc Québécois is trying to play politics with this, and that is unacceptable. This government stands up for francophones across Canada.
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