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House Hansard - 72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2022 11:00AM
  • May/16/22 2:44:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me clarify again for my hon. colleague what the commissioner said. She said: ...what I can say is that the Emergencies Act did give us the tools that we needed...to get the job done quickly. She said: I can tell you from an RCMP perspective, for example, that we were in the midst of trying to enforce at Coutts and we could not enforce, because we couldn't access any tow trucks. Those are just two very clear statements from the RCMP commissioner who explained how the Emergencies Act helped to restore public safety.
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  • May/16/22 2:45:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am just finally glad that on Monday, May 16, my hon. colleague from the Conservative Party admitted that the RCMP commissioner's testimony was that the Emergencies Act was necessary in his own words. It finally happened. We have been waiting months for that admission. We invoked the Emergencies Act to protect Canadians. We invoked it and we will continue to participate now in the review exercise in a way that is transparent.
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  • May/16/22 2:46:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have already mentioned a few times, the commissioner said during her testimony that there were provisions in the Emergencies Act that acted as motivators and as deterrents for people to return. What I can say is that the Emergencies Act gave us the tools we needed to get the job done quickly. Today, Monday, May 16, the Conservatives finally recognized that.
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