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House Hansard - 67

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 9, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/9/22 2:23:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with respect, it continues to be astounding how the hon. leader for the opposition continues to deflect her responsibility for her conduct during the Emergencies Act and for the posture of the Conservative Party, which continued to encourage illegal blockaders to stay. If they do not want to take it from the government, they can listen to what the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, which said that the Emergencies Act “is critical to assisting law enforcement in addressing the mass national and international organization of the [so-called] Freedom Convoy”. These are the words of law enforcement, non-partisan, professional law enforcement.
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock, CPC)
  • May/9/22 2:42:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that our special forces King Air intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform was monitoring the truckers convoy protest on Parliament Hill. The Prime Minister has called it a “training flight”. If the government was prepared to send up ISR aircraft over the protest, what was it doing to gather intelligence on the ground? One does not engage one without the other. My question is this. What was the coordination between Public Safety, National Defence, the Canadian Forces, the Privy Council and the Prime Minister's Office during the protest?
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Hon. Anita Anand (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • May/9/22 2:43:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate what the Prime Minister said last week a number of times, for the benefit of my hon. colleague. He stated: The flight in question was part of a Canadian Armed Forces training exercise that was planned prior to and was unrelated to the convoy protest. The training had nothing to do with the convoy blockade, and we will continue to reiterate that fact.
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Hon. Anita Anand (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • May/9/22 2:44:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate that the assumptions underlying that question are misguided. Again, the Canadian Armed Forces flight was part of a training exercise. The exercise was planned prior to and was unrelated to the presence of the protesters and the convoy. The opposition does not seem to appreciate or like this point, but it is the truth.
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Hon. Anita Anand (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • May/9/22 2:45:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said in English, the flight in question was part of a training exercise. The Canadian Armed Forces also conducted this exercise. The training had nothing to do with the convoy. Those are the facts.
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