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House Hansard - 63

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • May/3/22 12:11:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague about a specific aspect of Bill C-8, and that is the tax on underused housing. Everyone agrees with the basic intent. My first question has to do with the rate of 1%. Is that enough? We know that other places like British Columbia and France have much higher rates than that. Other than the rate, there is also the way this tax will be applied. The federal government is once again infringing on areas of jurisdiction belonging to the provinces, and Quebec in particular. I think that this should be done in co-operation with the municipalities, rather than imposed by the great, all-knowing Ottawa. What are my colleague's thoughts on that?
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/3/22 2:22:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, from the beginning of the illegal blockade last winter, we offered a great deal of support to all parliamentarians working on the Hill. However, what some parliamentarians experienced here was very different from what the residents of Ottawa experienced, which included many disruptions and violence in the community. This was proven by all the arrests made by the police. The Emergencies Act needed to be invoked. We will now co-operate with all transparency processes.
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/3/22 2:37:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first and foremost, I am very relieved that my colleague was able to access the Hill with the additional protection and safety that was offered by the RCMP, by the Parliamentary Protection Service and by the Sergeant-at-Arms, but there is a big difference between what some of us were able to experience on the Hill and what was going on off the Hill. There can be no doubt that people who live in Ottawa had their lives completely upended by the illegal occupation here, and that people who lived in border communities had their lives upended. That was because individuals broke the law to a point of a national emergency. That is why we invoked the Emergencies Act. We did it to protect Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Mrs. Dominique Vien (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, CPC)
  • May/3/22 2:37:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this past weekend, there were protests in downtown Ottawa. The police, the City and the various stakeholders managed the situation effectively and quickly. It was simply a matter of leadership. However, last January, the government was completely overwhelmed by the events on Parliament Hill and hid behind the Emergencies Act. Will the Prime Minister finally admit that he failed to show leadership?
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