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House Hansard - 112

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 18, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/22 2:57:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we invoked the Emergencies Act because it was an unprecedented situation. Witnesses testifying at the commission have demonstrated that people's lives were disrupted, including families and young people who needed cancer treatments and care for other very serious illnesses. In an effort to manage the situation, we first sent RCMP officers to help the City of Ottawa, and now we are going to work with the judge to learn from the experience.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/22 2:58:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with all due respect for my colleague, the timeline is very clear. From day one of the illegal blockade, we managed the situation by providing the resources, the RCMP officers and all the tools that the police needed. Now we are going to co-operate with the commission to learn from the experience. It is a very serious situation. We invoked the Emergencies Act because it was necessary, and it worked very well on the ground.
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