SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 82

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jun/6/22 12:08:49 p.m.
  • Watch
  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, this feels like a bad movie. It is déjà vu all over again. Quebeckers and Canadians elected a minority government in the hope it would have to negotiate each and every one of its bills, which would result in good, well-thought-out bills and allow democracy to function. However, the smaller opposition party hitched its wagon to the government. That reminds me of the fable of the frog and the ox. The frog wanted to be as big as the ox, so it swelled and swelled. That is what the NDP has been doing for years. It has been puffing itself up and trying to be as big as the ox. In the fable, though, the frog ends up bursting. Having decided it might be better not to burst like the frog, the NDP decided to be swallowed up by the ox. The New Democrats allowed themselves to be consumed by the ox. They sold their soul to the devil. Now what? They think they can win by constantly gagging the House of Commons, which is the only power available to them as the government's lap dog. The frog will not burst at this point, but I hope that, come the next election, it will be squelched by Quebec and Canadian democracy. My question is simple and is directed at the two parties that are constantly voting to invoke closure. Are you not embarrassed about what you are doing to democracy?
248 words
All Topics
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jun/6/22 2:27:02 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, last year, Montreal and Laval smashed the record for false 911 calls reporting shootings. Citizens called 893 times because they thought they heard gunshots. That represents two and a half calls a day. Why? It is because people are afraid. They might hear a jackhammer or a collision and, instinctively, they are afraid for their family's safety. It has become a scourge. We do not want to know what is happening with legal weapons. We want to know when the government will do something about illegal weapons and criminal gangs.
93 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jun/6/22 2:28:06 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, here is what Detective-Sergeant André Gélinas had to say on Saturday about everything the minister just said, and I quote, “This bill will not change anything on the ground simply because it does not target the right people”. Legal gun owners are not the ones doing all the shooting. It is organized crime and gangs. There are two things that the government needs to do to fix this problem: tighten up border controls to thwart gun trafficking and create an organized crime registry. Time is of the essence. When will the federal government finally stop with the rhetoric and crack down on criminal groups?
113 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border