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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23

Jun/13/23 6:04:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member knows, as does the Conservative caucus, that one cannot bring in a unanimous motion when we have already dealt with the unanimous motion request. To continue to attempt to raise this, as members know, is against the rules. I would suggest that the member's interrupting private members' hour in order to repeat a motion that was just rejected by a member, or possibly two, as I do not know who said no, is not appropriate at this time.

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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23

Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)

Jun/13/23 6:34:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to note that there are, in fact, two members of my colleague's caucus who have had babies during this Parliament and who have actually been able to participate fully as members of Parliament after giving birth because of the hybrid option available. Since he and his party are opposed to it, I would like to understand how he proposes that his colleagues participate following giving birth to their children. I would also like to ask him, and I hope he answers honestly, whether he or any other member of his caucus has ever availed themselves of the voting app or the hybrid system. Why does he feel we should not continue to do this? I ask because it is actually enabling more gender equity in this place and is allowing a greater diversity of people to participate and represent their constituents.

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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23

Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)

Jun/13/23 10:08:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I apologize very much to my colleague that I am not speaking French, but it is late in the House tonight, and my French is not up to the task. However, I work very well with the member on the ALS caucus, and I appreciate the work she does in the House very much. Obviously, I do not agree with some of the things that the member has brought forward, but one of the things I am worried about is the health of our interpreters and the health of the people who are working to support us. It is a challenge for me and something that I struggle with, because I do not understand how the Parliament of Canada cannot adequately resource the committees for the work that we need to do. This is something that we need to get to the bottom of, and I think that there are solutions there. I strongly believe in a hybrid Parliament, because I strongly believe that it makes it easier for women and others for whom it may not be as easy to be in this place. It makes it easier for them to be represented here. I think that is one of the most important things that we can do as parliamentarians. I wonder if the member could talk about the fact that we do not have the resources necessary. Quebec is a lot closer to Ottawa than Alberta is. Certainly, for me, having a hybrid Parliament is really important. Is there a way for us to come up with the resources necessary to make sure that a hybrid Parliament could work?

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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23

Mr. Eric Duncan

Jun/13/23 11:28:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will just repeat what I started my speech with. I am the first to admit that this is not an easy job. It is at a high pace, it is busy; it is multi-tasking and it is a heck of a balance between work, life and family, community and all the different balls that we are trying to juggle up in the air. What I will say is that there are many opportunities and that there have been advances that this House has made to make it more family-friendly, to attract a more diverse group of Canadians to represent ourselves in this House. I do not believe in having the Zoom option. I think it takes away from individuals having a better voice. Their voice is best served on the floor of the House of Commons here in Ottawa, working with our colleagues in the House, in caucus, at committee and in this precinct. That is where all MPs belong.

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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/14/23

Mr. Mike Morrice

Jun/14/23 1:13:10 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words from the parliamentary secretary, and his advocacy within the governing party caucus, as well as the minister's work to get to this point. Let us be clear. The words he shared were that the Liberals would do everything they can to move as quickly as possible, but the way to do that is to ratify every single one of the Senate amendments and get it passed here so it does not have to go back to the other place again. Will he commit to doing so here, which we are going to learn about literally in a few minutes' time?

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