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House Hansard - 229

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 4, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Oct/4/23 3:49:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a dissenting opinion concerning the Governor General's expenses.
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Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • Oct/4/23 3:49:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to table a dissenting report on the Governor General's expenses. The recommendations in the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates' report are adequate, but they do not address the core of the problem or fix the root cause, in other words, the very role and function of the Governor General. In my dissenting report, I therefore propose to remedy the problem directly by calling on the federal government to abolish the position of Governor General.
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Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23
Mr. Larry Brock
  • Oct/4/23 5:10:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-12 
Mr. Speaker, it is all about the supremacy of Parliament. The language in the dissenting report from the Supreme Court of Canada made it abundantly clear that this was the rationale behind the amendments made by Prime Minister Harper in 2011. To reflect upon that, it took the better part of 12 years before there was a successful charter challenge, which made its way all the up to the Supreme Court of Canada. That is quite telling, and I would again encourage my friend and colleague from the NDP to also review the dissenting opinion, because perhaps some of the answers she seeks are found in that opinion.
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