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House Hansard - 217

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/20/23 9:31:21 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-42 
Madam Speaker, I appreciate the comments from the member opposite. Again, I would reinforce the fact that having this searchable data bank is going to be beneficial. We recognize that. We also recognize that it is important to reach out to other jurisdictions. This is all about restoring the confidence of the public and business, as it is healthier for the economy to do so. We appreciate the support the Conservative Party is giving the legislation. I guess this is more of a comment than it is a question.
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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Mr. Kevin Vuong
  • Jun/20/23 10:15:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his remarks. I always appreciate that he has always been professional and respectful. Not everyone necessarily always is; sometimes people are a bit too partisan. However, I will say that I find it troubling that data is not being collected, because one of the things on which the government has done a good job is its gender-based analysis training. The GBA+ provides a framework with which folks are able to ultimately understand and apply that equity lens throughout their analysis of policy and so on. I am going to encourage my colleague to bring it back to the government to actually collect data. If the government members looked at their data, they would have highlighted this issue much sooner and much more quickly. I was intentionally not bringing up the Pretoria office. It speaks to the fact that this was a known issue that I did not even have to bring it up, but that my colleague did. I hope that if the officials actually collect data they will see—
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