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House Hansard - 142

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 6, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Dec/6/22 10:54:19 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, it will not surprise anyone here to know that I cannot support a motion to have time allocation even on a bill on which I plan to vote yes. We are far too often, almost 100% of the time, falling into the practice of time allocating bills. The New Democrats and the Liberals decried it, just as much as much as I did, when it was happening to us under the previous Harper government. Now that it is happening to people we are prepared to support in general on bills sometimes, we somehow think it does not matter to have full debate in this place. Could we please revisit the traditions of this place to ensure time is not used in debate by members who read a speech aloud? If we were not reading speeches, we would have far fewer speakers. Returning to our rules in all things will help the House work better and help House leaders organize the work. I sympathize with the reasons, but we now seem to use time allocation every time. Two wrongs do not make a right.
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Dec/6/22 1:52:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her speech. I would like to ask her a question. There is not much in this bill about health and health care funding. Could the member comment on that?
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Mr. Richard Lehoux (Beauce, CPC)
  • Dec/6/22 3:36:45 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my hon. colleague on his excellent speech. He talked a lot about rural areas across Canada. I wonder if he could elaborate on what he would have liked to see in this budget statement. I agree with him that there is not much in this statement for rural areas.
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Dec/6/22 4:52:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I did not hear the hon. member, in his speech, talk about the increasing cost of housing and how difficult it is for people to be able to afford that. Ultimately, here in the House, we believe that housing is a human right and that the financialization of the market through things like real estate trusts and investment trusts are part of that problem. Could the member talk about that?
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Context: House Hansard - 142 - Dec/6/22
Mr. Chris Bittle (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Dec/6/22 5:18:41 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I was listening to the hon. member's speech and he spoke about speaking to his constituents. I know when he was speaking to his constituents he did not talk about the rebate on the price of pollution and I am guessing he did not mention to his constituents that he ran on a carbon tax. When he was speaking to his constituents about affordability, did he mention the CCB and the fact that his party voted against it? Did he mention to his seniors about voting against rental and dental supports? Did he mention voting against the OAS and GIC increases, or is that just inflationary spending that people should not receive?
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