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House Hansard - 214

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 15, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Philip Lawrence
  • Jun/15/23 11:59:01 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I will finish off with more of the quote. It says: To say only 15 MPs are able to speak to all of your average bills, that is very clearly contravening what Canadians want to see here. They want to see vivid debate, they want to see a government that actually listens to the improvements that can be made to bills and they want to see their member of parliament being able to speak out. When you say only 15 can speak on this, or only 12 can speak on this, you’re disenfranchising all of those other ridings across the country.... I really believe my case is closed. I know our members have aptly talked about this, but there are two particular substantive amendments. This is not any type of minor thing; these are amendments that have been supported by the NDP. Some of them were brought to the floor by the NDP. We are standing strongly for these, one of which is to have judicial review—
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