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House Hansard - 72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Denis Trudel
  • May/16/22 12:29:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, my colleague asks a good question, but the essence of my speech is that we do not want to lose our political weight. Who would want to lose political weight? Who would want to lose representation? Who would want to lose a presence here, where decisions are made that affect people's everyday lives? That is what we want to maintain. We want to maintain Quebec’s political weight. Numbers are one thing. We can always discuss them, but what is essential for us is to maintain our political weight so that we can fight for the issues I mentioned. There are about a hundred of them. The hon. member for Mirabel named several earlier. If we were not here, nothing would be done about these issues.
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • May/16/22 4:37:23 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, whenever I hear the hon. parliamentary secretary in high dudgeon because there are political games being played in this place, it is so very Casablanca: “What? I'm shocked. There's gambling going on here?” We have to recall there are political games on all sides. We can all do better. This an important issue. This is a concurrence debate that attaches some significance, but I join the hon. parliamentary secretary in lamenting that we are not debating Bill C-14. This is less a question than a comment.
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