44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2023 10:00AM
- Sep/19/23 11:42:59 a.m.
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The member's time is up. He can continue his speech during questions and comments.
The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.
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- Sep/19/23 6:56:42 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I was listening to my colleague's speech and it made me realize that I am going to get some mileage out of the speeches made by my Bloc Québécois colleagues. They took turns asking questions that seem important, at least to me, yet I have not heard any answers.
First, my colleague from Montarville asked how it is possible that the Prime Minister, who has known about this for some time, waited until yesterday before announcing it in the House. There may be a good reason, but I would like to hear it.
The other question is the one from my colleague from Trois-Rivières. Perhaps the previous speaker can answer. Why are other governments not supporting our Prime Minister's statement and his request to get to the bottom of this matter? I am curious and trying to understand the dynamic.
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- Sep/19/23 7:31:48 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague for his speech, which, as usual, was full of common sense and sensitivity.
According to him, what prompted the government to actively wait to call an independent inquiry when these revelations had already been piling up for some time?
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- Sep/19/23 7:42:44 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I appreciate the member's passionate speech; she is known for her passion toward human rights.
If we talk about India, even today we are getting news from Manipur that Christian women are being gang-raped in public. Holy Bibles are being burnt. When this is happening there, would the member think that we still need to have free trade talks when human rights are at risk?
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- Sep/19/23 8:23:33 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague from Trois‑Rivières for his speech, which, as always, was informative, sensitive and reasonable. I would say that it was an ethical speech.
That being said, he raised the issue of the lack of support from other governments. He also talked about how long the Prime Minister waited to make his statement in the House after he received the information. It is possible that this delay was just fine.
It may be just fine that no other country has supported the Prime Minister's position so far. That does not mean that the other countries do not agree. Maybe we will find that out later. It may also be just fine that our Conservative friends are silent on the issue.
Nonetheless, this leaves me with a lot of questions. I am not sure if my colleague from Trois‑Rivières can elaborate. In his view, is there a connection between those delays? Is it possible that the information obtained is not as reliable as we would like to believe? Perhaps it is reliable and I am asking completely useless questions.
I would like my colleague to say a bit more on this aspect of the issue.
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- Sep/19/23 9:13:17 p.m.
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Members need to remember that we can only call other members by titles or riding names, so maybe the parliamentary secretary could back up in his speech a bit.
The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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- Sep/19/23 9:44:45 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the member mentioned in his speech that the Conservatives are not speaking in the House today and that their leader is backtracking from the statement he made yesterday in the House. I just want to find out from the hon. member if the Conservatives got a call from Prime Minister Modi or former prime minister Stephen Harper to not speak on this topic and to backtrack from the statement that the Leader of the Opposition made yesterday in the House.
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- Sep/19/23 10:28:51 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I understand that this is the last speech, and so perhaps I will ask the member her opinion of what has gone on tonight.
Never in the eight years that I have spent in this House have I seen the Conservatives so utterly silent on an issue. They have not given a single speech other than the five minutes right at the very beginning. They have not asked a single question. It is absolutely clear to me that there is an orchestrated attempt within the Conservative caucus and somebody has said that nobody is speaking on this. They have silenced the members, which is the only thing I can interpret from this, but I do not know why. I cannot understand why. It would be so easy for all of us to come together and be in solidarity on this. I wonder if the member, as the last speaker tonight, can provide her thoughts on why that might be.
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