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House Hansard - 142

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 6, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Lib.)
  • Dec/6/22 2:21:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. Obviously, today, everyone's thoughts are with the families of the victims, the 14 women who were murdered in the École Polytechnique massacre. Obviously, our government wants to do more to better protect women. That is why we have a very important bill to get more assault weapons off the streets. We invite all parliamentarians to work with us to strengthen this bill and better protect women across the country.
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Dec/6/22 2:57:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is very significant that COP15 is being held here in Canada. It is very important to protect nature and biodiversity around the world. We have done a great deal on that here in Canada. We have invested to protect land and marine areas, and we have also promised to plant two million trees. It is very important to be a global leader in protecting nature, and Canada is stepping up.
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Mr. Kevin Vuong
  • Dec/6/22 7:17:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, a simple yes or no would have sufficed. As more media attention focuses on the porous defence and the lackadaisical attitude that the government has toward confronting foreign operators on our soil, along with the reluctance to safeguard Iranian Canadians and Chinese Canadians who are being intimidated, has the government abrogated its duty to protect its citizens and election process? Is the government also content for Canada to put up permanent doormats for Iranian and Chinese governments to do whatever they want?
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Mr. Adam van Koeverden
  • Dec/6/22 7:17:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I reject the premise of the question 100%. We have taken swift action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and we continue to be extremely strong against the People's Republic of China in their attempts to interfere in our elections or in any other course of due action in Canada. I want to make it clear that the Government of Canada remains committed to combatting foreign interference by any foreign state seeking to harm Canada or our citizens. We protect our citizens and communities targeted by hostile state actors, safeguard our democratic institutions and promote economic security. Canada takes a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, domestically and abroad, to strategically counter foreign interference activities. This includes the work of security agencies like CSIS and the RCMP, but this also includes our work with the G7 rapid response mechanism, which identifies and responds to foreign threats to democracy, as well as resources like “Foreign Interference and You”. It is available to the public in multiple languages through the Canada.ca website. I would just close by acknowledging that the member down the way is a former member of the military and he knows—
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