44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 24, 2023 11:00AM
- Apr/24/23 6:22:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I do not believe anyone has told the member about the concurrence motion. It is about citizenship, and the member has not made one reference at all in regards to citizenship—
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- Apr/24/23 6:23:13 p.m.
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Again, there is a little bit of latitude. The hon. member has referenced the bill, but I would ask him to ensure that he speaks to the issue of the report itself, which is the 15th report for concurrence. I would remind the member to focus his speech there. The member only has four minutes and 18 seconds left to get to that.
The hon. member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, and I would ask members to remember that there is some latitude here.
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- Apr/24/23 6:23:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, there is latitude. I am talking about process, which is really important here. The two members that keep rising on points of order have the highest word counts in the House of Commons. I have listened to many speeches where they have not even been in the same area code as the subject being discussed. I am actually talking about a process that is important here. I am talking about something that is critical.
The senator who moved this bill said that she does not want to see the bill go in the direction that opposition members from the Liberals and NDP are taking it. It is very clear. I think they are over there strategizing what other point of order they can raise so that we can avoid moving on that talk about—
An hon. member: Oh, oh!
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- Apr/24/23 6:24:37 p.m.
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I want to remind members that if they want to have conversations to take them outside and not have questions and comments for the hon. member while he is speaking. It is very disrespectful.
The hon. member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin has three and a half minutes left.
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- Apr/24/23 6:24:53 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is kind of funny to see these two members. I will not make any Muppet references here, but to hear them chirping from the gallery, and here we go again—
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- Apr/24/23 6:25:09 p.m.
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On a point of order, the hon. parliamentary secretary to the Government House leader.
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- Apr/24/23 6:25:13 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member cannot do indirectly what he cannot do directly. Whether it was intended to be complimentary or not, he is still making those references that you have already asked him not to make.
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- Apr/24/23 6:25:21 p.m.
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It appears to me that there is some intent to try to prolong the proceedings here to a certain degree on both sides. I just want to remind the hon. member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin that the hon. parliamentary secretary is correct in that he should not do indirectly what he cannot do directly. I have already asked members on both sides to not use those references.
The hon. member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin has three minutes left.
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- Apr/24/23 6:25:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, this is the first time I have ever spoken where I have had members stand up three times and raise of points of order to try and delay the speech that I am making.
I will sit down after making this final point, which is, again, the same point that I have been making.
This is a Senate public bill that is very important to the senator who is moving it. The Liberals and the NDP have very clearly tried to change it into something completely different than what it is. That is not acceptable, and I would encourage the Liberals and NDP that, if they feel very strongly about the things that they are bringing up and the ways that they want to change the bill, they move forward with government legislation as quickly as they can. We can have this conversation tomorrow if they choose to.
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- Apr/24/23 6:26:49 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member mentioned on a number of occasions that apparently the NDP and the Liberals are trying delay discussing the budget and that is why we are involved in this tactic right now on this motion. However, is he aware that the only speakers who are getting up right now are Conservatives? As a matter of fact, if no Conservatives rose right now and just stayed seated, we would be beyond this concurrence motion and we would be talking about the budget.
The member accused myself and the member for Winnipeg North of sometimes not being in the same area code of what we are debating. Is he even aware of what is going on in this House right now?
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- Apr/24/23 6:27:36 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we had a vote half an hour ago to move on, and the Liberals voted against it.
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- Apr/24/23 6:27:54 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, Bill C-37 was passed unanimously. Can we know why this bill, which has exactly the same objective, is being debated again in the House of Commons?
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- Apr/24/23 6:28:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, again, we are talking about a Senate public bill that could be supported by all parties and we are having a conversation about some parties in the House taking the bill in a completely different direction than the senator originally intended. Not one member in this House would accept that if it was their own private member's bill, but they are expecting us to move on with it today. The government could do this if it wanted to tomorrow.
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- Apr/24/23 6:28:43 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, this has come up numerous times. I was not actually going to get into conversations that I have had with the senator and conversations that I have even had with Conservative members.
The truth of the matter is this. When this bill came before us, the scope was narrow. I had already mentioned it to the senator that the scope is very narrow and that we need to actually look at broadening it to ensure that other lost Canadians are captured. Since that time I have been working at it, thinking about how we can do this, to make sure that families who have been impacted would not continue to be lost Canadians. We have been working diligently on this.
I was just reviewing evidence from the committee and the senator was saying that she could be supportive of expanding its scope although it is not before this committee right now because it is not part of that bill, so conceptually she is in support of supporting expansion of the bill in terms of its scope. However it is the Conservatives who continually want to say we cannot do this. If they really wanted to actually get on with it they could. Why do they not do what they say they want to do and support the expansion of the scope—
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- Apr/24/23 6:30:03 p.m.
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The hon. member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin.
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- Apr/24/23 6:30:06 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the hon. member has been in this House for a long time. She just said if we wanted to do something we could do it. She should know that it is very clear that the Liberals have expressed support for what she wants to do. Her party is in a coalition agreement with the Liberals. All she needs to do is walk across the floor to the two Liberal members who have been heckling me the entire time I have been speaking and cut a deal with them to do it tomorrow—
Ms. Jenny Kwan: All you need to do is talk to your members. They also said they support it.
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- Apr/24/23 6:30:32 p.m.
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I do want to remind the hon. member that she has had an opportunity to ask a question. If she has other questions when it comes to questions and comments, she may want to stand for that.
Questions and comments, the hon. member for Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley.
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- Apr/24/23 6:30:52 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I happened to sub in on this committee when Senator Martin was testifying and she was very clear. She did not want this bill changed. I heard her say it several times during her testimony at the immigration committee. Now she may be open to other legislation to more Canadians being brought into citizenship but she was definitely not open to changing this legislation.
I wanted to put that on the record.
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- Apr/24/23 6:31:29 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, that was just a comment and I agree with it.
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- Apr/24/23 6:31:34 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we are late into debate here in the House of Commons today. For those who may just be catching up on what is happening, I would like to offer a little refresher, if I may.
Today what was supposed to be debated in the House during this time period was legislation regarding the federal budget. That is what we were supposed to be debating right now. Of course, the federal budget is something that the Liberals and their coalition partner of the NDP are getting together on. There are a lot of questions in the Canadian public about the prudence of the federal budget but we are not debating the federal budget right now. Why are we not debating the federal budget? I think it is really important to note why we are not.
What we are debating is something called a concurrence motion. I am being shut down right now. They are shutting me—
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