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House Hansard - 209

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 8, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23
Mr. Charlie Angus
  • Jun/8/23 9:30:36 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, again, I remember Bill Blaikie standing in the House and saying that if we allowed these corporations to self-police, workers would die. We have had 60 deaths over the last 20 years. That is appalling. Sixty deaths is absolutely unacceptable. In Lac-Mégantic, 47 people were incinerated, and nobody was ever really held accountable. That is not acceptable. We must do better. People's lives are worth more, and we have to stand up for them.
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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23
Mr. Matthew Green
  • Jun/8/23 11:15:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have not heard anything from either the Prime Minister or the want-to-be prime minister. Now, do the Conservatives support railway corporations being able to avoid being held accountable for the death and injury of their workers by investigating themselves—
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