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House Hansard - 319

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 28, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)
  • May/28/24 5:28:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to respond to the speech by my colleague from Cypress Hills—Grasslands. In fact, I want to tell him how disappointed I am. I could see where he was heading. He started off with a metaphor when he said that, after three violations, it is time to resign. I was hoping he would use a baseball metaphor because I am a baseball fan. He ended his speech by talking about baseball and mentioning the career of a star umpire, and that got me excited. Unfortunately, he did not use the requisite metaphor for the occasion. I am going to show him how disappointed I was and do it with a question. What happens after three strikes? I would like him to tell us.
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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)
  • May/28/24 6:47:15 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from South Shore—St. Margarets for his speech, in which he talked about partisanship. He said that a Speaker should rise above partisanship. That is an interesting thing to point out in this debate. However, I wonder if he could comment on something else that we have come to expect from the Speaker, because his role is essentially to make judgment calls on what is happening in the House. It is really all about exercising judgment. Does my colleague believe that the current Speaker has shown good judgment, and is that a quality that should be essential, along with impartiality, in the role of Speaker of the House of Commons?
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