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House Hansard - 95

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 23, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 95 - Jun/23/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Jun/23/22 11:12:33 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I feel both a little sad and disrespected this morning in the House. Today is June 23, the day before Quebec’s national holiday, and because of the Liberal government’s incompetence in managing its agenda, along with the Conservative Party’s obstruction attempts, most Quebec MPs will not be able to be in their ridings today to celebrate their national holiday. Also, I get the impression that, for the past few weeks, I have been rising more often in the House to debate how we are going to debate rather than to truly debate measures and bills that will help Canadians. I am truly very sad, and I feel disrespected today as a Quebec member of Parliament.
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Context: House Hansard - 95 - Jun/23/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jun/23/22 11:19:35 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, I learned something today. According to tradition, Quebec’s national holiday is celebrated on June 23 and 24. It is true that Parliament usually does not sit on June 23 except in the case of an emergency, which has only ever happened a few times. June 23 is set aside for emergencies. This motion could easily have been moved sooner, since the government had all the time it needed. The Bloc Québécois has always been ready to collaborate, especially in the case of Bill C-14, for which it set aside two days to allow Parliament to adjourn on Wednesday and Quebec members in the Bloc Québécois and other parties to celebrate with their constituents. Our request was legitimate. The government vehemently rejected the fact that Quebecers have a national holiday to celebrate this evening and tomorrow. We asked either not to sit on Thursday or to sit with a Friday schedule so that we could leave the House earlier to celebrate Quebec’s national holiday with our people back home. The government refused. Would the same thing have happened if we had to work on June 30?
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Context: House Hansard - 95 - Jun/23/22
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie
  • Jun/23/22 1:11:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yes, we would have preferred to be in our ridings to celebrate our national holiday, but as elected representatives, obviously we have a duty to be here in Parliament to debate. We would have preferred that this debate on extending the hybrid model take place at another time. There was no need to rush this motion through. We could have had this debate in the fall, especially since the work was going smoothly. The less debate there is in the House, the better off the government is, because it is not held to account. However, that is not why we are here. As for the bird names, they are often considered insults in French.
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Context: House Hansard - 95 - Jun/23/22
Hon. Steven MacKinnon
  • Jun/23/22 3:32:43 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, I wish all Quebeckers a happy national holiday tomorrow. I believe that if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to apply the results from the previous vote to this vote, with the Liberal members voting against.
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