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House Hansard - 189

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • May/2/23 10:20:43 a.m.
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I will remind the Speaker that we will decide what is relevant to our speeches and that he should not shut us down. We think it is an emergency when any member of Parliament faces threats against his family related to the votes conducted on the floor of the House of Commons. Nothing is more basic to our democracy than the ability of members to vote for their constituents' interests and to not have to vote in order to protect their family members from threats and violence.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/2/23 2:43:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the Conservatives continue to pose the same question, they will get the same answer. At the very core of the premise of those questions is the suggestion that somehow this government does not care about the hon. member for Wellington—Halton Hills. Nothing could be further from the truth. We may have disagreements in this chamber about domestic and foreign policy, but we will always stand united behind the right of all members to do their job to represent their constituencies, because that is a fundamental value of standing up for democracy.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • May/2/23 2:56:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc members are really something. They get up in the morning, brush their teeth and start thinking about the monarchy. They are obsessed. They look at the paper but do not read articles about the climate change crisis. They do not look at articles about how to grow the economy. They do not pay attention to the work the House is doing around investing to attract businesses. No, they want to talk about democracy. Actually, they want to talk about the monarchy. They are focused on the monarchy, but we are going to focus on Canadians' priorities.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mr. Rhéal Éloi Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)
  • May/2/23 2:56:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he said a word that is not usually part of his vocabulary, the word “democracy”. I will say no more, but if people could read my mind, they would get it. The Prime Minister of New Zealand would like his country to become a republic. The ambassador of Australia in London is saying the same thing. England is about to get rid of its King before we do, but no matter. However, a majority of Canadians, the population of Quebec and Canada, want to cut ties with the Crown. In the House, apart from the Bloc Québécois, no one is saying a word. It seems like everyone is a monarchist. Does this government truly think it knows better than the population of Quebec, Canada, New Zealand, Australia—
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