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House Hansard - 127

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Ms. Pam Damoff (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Nov/15/22 2:48:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said previously, we will never tolerate foreign interference. The whole purpose of foreign interference is to destroy democracy as we know it. The agencies responsible, the RCMP and the intelligence agencies, are investigating. We are taking action. We will always stand up for our democracy and we will never take it for granted. We know that foreign interference is aimed at destroying that democracy.
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Mr. Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, CPC)
  • Nov/15/22 3:40:31 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I am astounded at what I am hearing here. Committees are integral to what we do here. What I am hearing from the government House leader is that democracy is just too inconvenient right now for them.
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Mr. Frank Caputo
  • Nov/15/22 3:41:11 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, democracy, for the Liberal government, is proving just too inconvenient. That is what we are debating here today. Why can we not have committees? Why can we not do things during the normal allotted sitting hours in a constitutionally compliant manner? It is the Liberals who are the first to complain about the use of section 33 of the charter, yet here they are now, taking these actions. It is a shame that they are suppressing the very right to democracy that we were all elected to uphold.
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Nov/15/22 3:45:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am confused. I am hearing Conservatives talk about democracy and say they want to have an opportunity to speak. The whole premise of this is to ensure we sit later, so they all get a chance to get up and speak on a bill. We want to work later.
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/15/22 5:11:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I was just going to conclude by saying that if Conservatives thought when they were elected that this was a nine-to-five job, they were mistaken. I am sure there are a lot of opportunities for them to have a nine-to-five job and contribute to society in a way other than being in the House, and perhaps they want to explore those opportunities, but the reality of the situation is that democracy does not end at five o'clock. This is not a nine-to-five job, and we have to be prepared to work later into the evening when it is going to directly benefit Canadians, which is the reality of a lot of the measures that have been brought forward this fall alone that the Conservatives have routinely held up. I hope my Bloc friends, who sometimes can see the light, can come around on this issue, see the importance of this and vote in favour of it, because I know this is what Canadians and Quebeckers are expecting of them.
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