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House Hansard - 93

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Jun/21/22 11:00:09 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I have said this before: We have two bloc parties in the House of Commons, the Bloc Québécois and the “block everything” party. The Conservative Party has been systematically blocking everything over the course of the last few months, refusing to let through even bills that people are looking for. We are talking about teachers looking for tax credits. We have been besieged by letters throughout the course of the last few months. The Conservatives have said that nothing is going to pass at all. They do not even want bills to go to committee for improvements or, when they do go to committee, for amendments to be considered. It has been absolute chaos because of the Conservatives. Why have the Conservatives wanted to block everything? Why would they not seek to go to committee so that we could hear from witnesses?
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:06:47 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, we saw this with Bill C-11: Conservatives blocking witnesses at committee, blocking the tabling of amendments, blocking systematically improvements that needed to come to Bill C-11. Fortunately, we were able to— An hon. member: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:15:25 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. You do an excellent job. I know that it is not easy when there are parties that are blocking everything and that do not want to co-operate. You do an excellent job, and I thank you on behalf of all Canadians. In my opinion, there is an unhealthy dynamic here. Some members are blocking everything. They do not want things to move forward. They do not want anything to be studied in committee. They do not want to hear from witnesses. They do not want any subamendments to be proposed and they do not want the bills to be improved. I have a simple question for my colleague. Why are these parties refusing to improve the bills?
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