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House Hansard - 231

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 6, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 231 - Oct/6/23
The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:14:14 p.m.
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Is it agreed? Some hon. members: No. The Deputy Speaker: The hon. member for Saint-Jean.
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Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Oct/6/23 12:14:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this week, the Chair made several interventions on two subjects: the tone of exchanges in the House and the importance of ensuring that opposition questions are addressed to the government. I would argue that I met those two criteria today. I calmly asked the Minister of Immigration, who represents the government, important questions on a serious topic. I would like clarification from the House on the fact that the answers did not come from the Minister of Immigration, but rather from the parliamentary secretary of a different department.
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Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Oct/6/23 12:15:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was upset to see the minister remain seated when my colleague asked her question about the terrible matter of exploited foreign workers. It reminded me of comments by columnist Emmanuelle Latraverse, who said that the minister should get busy reforming the immigration system instead of sending out tweets. She also said that he never misses an occasion to be a troll on X, formerly Twitter. These issues are serious and timely. The minister should be paying closer attention to his department.
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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Oct/6/23 12:15:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I am sure you are aware, it is a long-standing practice of the House that for responses to questions, who is going to answer a question is at the discretion of the government. If members want to, they can always ask a late show question to try to get a more detailed answer given the limitations of question period.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:16:06 p.m.
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I agree with the hon. parliamentary secretary on this point. It is up to the government to decide who answers the opposition's questions. We have another point of order, from the hon. member for South Shore—St. Margarets.
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Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Oct/6/23 12:16:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a document. It is a transcript that concerns a matter before the House. “I think [the carbon tax is] hurting them a fair bit,” a member said—
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:16:41 p.m.
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This is sounding like debate, but I will ask if members want to allow the document to be tabled. Is it agreed? Some hon. members: No. The Deputy Speaker: The hon. member for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes has a point of order.
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Mr. Michael Barrett
  • Oct/6/23 12:16:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent from the House to table a document. It is the voting record that shows the Liberal member for Avalon voting to scrap the failed carbon tax and voting with the Conservatives.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:17:11 p.m.
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Is it agreed? Some hon. members: No. The Deputy Speaker: I hope this is the last one. The hon. member for Cumberland—Colchester.
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Mr. Stephen Ellis
  • Oct/6/23 12:17:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a document regarding the comments made by the member for Avalon, who said the following: “I know the government is pushing people [to] switching over to heat pumps and whatnot”—
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:17:29 p.m.
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Is it agreed? Some hon. members: No. The Deputy Speaker: The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture.
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Mr. Francis Drouin
  • Oct/6/23 12:17:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on that point, it is clear that somebody else is probably going to stand up and try to do the exact same thing. I would ask, with your indulgence, that you consider speaking to the members of the opposition. We know what they are up to.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:17:51 p.m.
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I said that I hoped that was the last one, so it was my suggestion that it be the last one. The hon. for King—Vaughan has a point of order.
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Mrs. Anna Roberts
  • Oct/6/23 12:18:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-12 
Mr. Speaker, I was just informed today that my vote yesterday on Bill S-12, after receiving confirmation from IT that I voted yea, was not recorded. I have contacted IT and they are looking into the matter, and I would like my vote to count.
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Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Oct/6/23 12:18:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are inclined to be supportive of this, but it would have been really nice if the member had reached out to us to let us know in advance that she would be doing this, requesting what I imagine is unanimous consent to have that recorded. Perhaps she could endeavour to do that, so that when this UC motion, which is obviously important to the member, comes up, we can treat it very seriously. Maybe she could just hold off and have her whip's office talk to our whip's office so we can coordinate and bring this up at the next opportunity.
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Mr. Joël Godin
  • Oct/6/23 12:19:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what I understood from my colleague is that she wants this checked. It is not a request for consent. It is about checking with IT, because she has confirmed that her vote was not properly recorded. I think her request is more along those lines. I invite the Chair to reflect on this and take it under advisement.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:19:57 p.m.
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Quickly, let us go back to the history of this. Yesterday, after the vote, the system did not log the vote for the hon. member for King—Vaughan. Therefore, it put a little tag on her vote. It was brought up by the Bloc members that the picture was not there. We did make the call that day as to whether the hon. member was online, and she was not online to be able to vote one way or another. Therefore, I would probably suggest that we have her people talk to your people, and then she can come back and maybe do a unanimous consent motion just to make it as clean as we possibly can. That is good. The hon. member for Calgary Skyview.
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Mr. George Chahal
  • Oct/6/23 12:20:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this point of order, I want to bring to the attention of the House that yesterday, the Conservative deputy whip, after the vote, opposed members' being able to register their vote in this fashion. It was the Conservative deputy whip who opposed others, so I believe the members of the Conservative Party should have a conversation.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Oct/6/23 12:21:14 p.m.
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Again, I will say that these people should talk to those people and then come back to the floor, rather than taking more time with this issue as we go. I apologize to the member for King—Vaughan, but some chat has to take place in the back stage.
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Mr. Francis Drouin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Oct/6/23 12:21:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, three reports from the delegation of the Canadian branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, or APF. The first concerns its participation at the meeting of the Bureau of the APF held in France from January 28 to February 2, 2023. The second concerns its participation in a parliamentary mission to the United Nations held in New York on March 14 and 15, 2023. The last report concerns its participation at the meeting of the APF Political Committee and the Working Group on Reforming the APF Constitution, held in France, from April 17 to 20, 2023.
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