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House Hansard - 314

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 21, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • May/21/24 5:24:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we will vote against the budget, not because we are against pharmacare or because we are against the creation of a park or because we are against the creation of 2,000 jobs and more in the world of automotive technology. We will be voting against this budget because it creates duplicate services in Quebec and in the provinces that already have drug coverage, by refusing to grant them the right to opt out with full compensation. We are going to vote against it because, strangely enough, it disrespects the Constitution. My question is this: Are we to understand that the government's refusal to respect the Constitution means that it wants to reopen the Constitution? If it reopens the Constitution this time, will it negotiate in good faith, which it did not do in 1982?
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • May/21/24 6:37:25 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I actually agree with my colleague on several points. We are not necessarily voting against measures that are good for Canadians. Rather, we are voting against jurisdictional meddling and interference. I would like to hear my colleague thoughts on the importance of upholding a contract, especially the most important contract of all for a country, namely, a Constitution.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Mr. Brad Vis
  • May/21/24 6:37:55 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I agree with my Bloc Québécois colleague. The federal government must do a better job of protecting our Constitution. Our party, the Conservative Party, wants a policy of open federalism.
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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Mr. Marty Morantz
  • May/21/24 10:40:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The Constitution Act requires that there be quorum in this place for it to operate. I respectfully call for—
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