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House Hansard - 138

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 30, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 138 - Nov/30/22
Mr. Gérard Deltell
  • Nov/30/22 3:47:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, the story does not end there. It goes on. On November 16, on local radio in her riding of Gaspé, CIEU-FM, the Minister of National Revenue came back to her statement and even, believe it or not, doubled down on it. She said, and I quote, “I worked in mental health for 25 years and I saw all sorts of things, but I must say that I have rarely seen what is happening across the way when I look at my colleagues, and I am really concerned”. To put it politely, the apology that the minister gave here in the House in May was not very sincere, to say the least. We may have different opinions on a subject. We can, and I would even venture to say that we should, have different opinions. We can use evidence-based arguments to attack the opposing views of the other side. However, we should never resort to insults. There are a thousand acceptable ways to attack an opponent without resorting to unacceptable means. Unfortunately, the Minister of National Revenue used insults as a weapon and as an argument, not once but twice. In my opinion that is unworthy of the mandate that citizens gave us with trust and respect.
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