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House Hansard - 90

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 16, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 90 - Jun/16/22
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Jun/16/22 2:21:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if my colleague wants to see squabbling, he should just look at the official opposition benches. They are having a hard time getting along. The more serious issue is what they are doing while the government is working to solve the problems and challenges that Canadians are facing. The Conservatives are spending their time filibustering. Filibustering is the first thing they think about when they wake up in the morning and the last think they think about when they go to bed at night. How do they spend their time in between? They filibuster.
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Context: House Hansard - 90 - Jun/16/22
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Jun/16/22 3:03:32 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, everyone knows that the Conservatives, when they wake up in the morning, think about filibustering. When they go bed at night, they think about filibustering. What do they do in between? They filibuster. That is what they do. The Conservatives have abandoned the creators. They have abandoned our artists. They have abandoned our culture. Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 90 - Jun/16/22
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Jun/16/22 3:06:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, one of the benefits of the conversation with the Conservatives is that we heard one of the best jokes of the year when they said that they cared about culture. It was really funny. That was a hell of a secret meeting, when the room was full of Conservatives and staff and others. That was very, very secret. The problem is that they kept filibustering. My colleague who just spoke filibustered for four hours. When I was sitting there ready to answer questions, she spoke for four hours. I had to go and could not speak. Luckily, I could come back and explain our position, but the position is clear. We are there for Canadians, for our artists and for our culture and we are not abandoning them.
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Context: House Hansard - 90 - Jun/16/22
Mr. Philip Lawrence
  • Jun/16/22 3:48:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-9 
Mr. Speaker, I will certainly go to our whip's office and tell him that we need important, diligent debate on this issue, as we need it on everything. I appreciate that. I thought I was fairly persuasive in the fact that I asked his colleagues two substantive questions about the bill, and they had no idea what was there. It is sad that the government does not know its own legislation. The speech I made was about 95% substance. I went through the procedure. It was not filibustering. It was meant to be a meaningful conversation to bring up issues for debate and discussion. I was hoping the questions might reflect that.
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