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House Hansard - 188

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 1, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Mr. Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, NDP)
  • May/1/23 12:16:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, this place sometimes demonstrates that it has a very short memory. I have to call out a comment that was made by the previous Conservative speaker talking about a guillotine motion. It was common practice, during the days of the Harper government, to introduce a notice of time allocation on the very first day of debate of its government bills. It did not even give the House the courtesy of debating a bill for a few days. A time allocation was announced within the first hour of debate. Let us just call out rank hypocrisy when we see it. I am no fan of it being used either way, but to ignore our history is most egregious. Does the minister have a comment on that? I would welcome it.
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Mr. Adam Chambers (Simcoe North, CPC)
  • May/1/23 12:19:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, I feel a little sorry for the minister, who now has to stand up in the House and defend an indefensible position. The finance committee already agreed with the government that it would prestudy the bill. The purpose of time allocation is usually to move a bill through the House so a committee can start to study it, but all parties agreed to prestudy this very large bill to make sure to do our due diligence properly. I have not found a reason for time allocation to be moved while we are still debating it in the House. After campaigning on not using time allocation, the Liberals are deciding to use it for a purpose for which it is not needed. Could the minister explain why this is being done?
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Mr. Charlie Angus
  • May/1/23 6:28:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. This may be a very important issue for an opposition day motion. It may be an issue of privilege. However, it has nothing to do with the budget, and we are debating the budget.
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