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House Hansard - 247

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 6, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 4:55:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I certainly always enjoy listening to the comments from the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands. She must admit, though, that she is aware of the fact that there are a lot of procedural games that go on in the House, which puts the government in a position that, in order to be able to do anything, unfortunately, the reality is that time allocation has to be brought in on certain bills. I think of the Canadian free trade agreement with Ukraine. Every time the bill is scheduled to come up, Conservatives put forward a concurrence motion that is preventing us from being able to let it. If we left it to the Conservatives to always dictate, and I know that Conservatives are heckling me right now and we are not even discussing that bill, we would never even get to the opportunity to pass that very important piece of legislation for Ukraine. I am wondering whether she could at least acknowledge the fact that she understands the position we are in and that we have to do this from time to time.
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