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House Hansard - 214

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 15, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
The Speaker
  • Jun/15/23 2:33:50 p.m.
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The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby.
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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Jun/15/23 10:54:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-9 
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise at this late hour in Ottawa, where it is almost 11 p.m., to speak to the Senate amendments to Bill C-9. I would like to start by saying hello to my constituents in New Westminster and Burnaby. In British Columbia it is almost 8 p.m. and so the sun is still up. I know that is also the case in the ridings of the member for Langley—Aldergrove, the member for Kelowna—Lake Country and my colleague from Skeena—Bulkley Valley. For the people of British Columbia and for everyone listening to the debates in the House of Commons, we are in the thick of things. I know that there are some constituents listening and I applaud the fact that they are listening after supper to what is happening in the House of Commons. The NDP will support Bill C-9 and the recommendation on the amendments. I will come back to that in more detail later. First of all, I am concerned that the Conservative Party is once again trying to block a bill. This has been going on in the House systematically for years. As I have said before, there are two blocks in the House: the Bloc Québécois and the block-all Conservative Party, which never misses a chance to block a bill, even the ones it says it supports. We just heard an excellent speech by my colleague from Langley—Aldergrove who spoke about—
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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Jun/15/23 10:56:02 p.m.
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I would like to remind members that, if they have something to say, they should be respecting the rules of the House and waiting until it is time for questions and comments. The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby has the floor.
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