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House Hansard - 339

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:15:57 p.m.
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I am sorry to interrupt the hon. member. It is very important for all members to please try to respect the 60 seconds. The Chair does give some leeway on that, but not a significant leeway. The hon. member fro Beauport—Limoilou has the floor.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:20:52 p.m.
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Before we continue, I would like to remind all members that it is important for questions to be about the administration of government and its accountability to the House of Commons if they want to get answers.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:21:59 p.m.
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Again, I am very sorry, but that question is not for the government. Even so, I see the Minister of Canadian Heritage rising to answer.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:23:44 p.m.
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I give the floor to the hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:24:35 p.m.
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The Chair is in a very uncomfortable situation here. The hon. Leader of the Opposition has the floor.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:27:23 p.m.
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Order. Colleagues, there are some long-standing traditions of the House that we should endeavour to respect. It is important that we ask questions in question period to make government accountable to the people of Canada. The questions by their very nature should be pointed, should be tough and should be specific, and the answers should also be clear. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! The Speaker: However, colleagues, for this to work, we also have to make sure that we work within the rules we have. There were some important questions that were asked but that were not related to the administration of the government, and therefore there were no responses to those. We have so many other tools available to us as members to make the comments we need to make outside question period. While the microphone was off, although the Chair did not hear this, there might have been some strong words exchanged between members. I ask members to please remember that Canadians are looking at us. Let us conduct ourselves in a way really befitting of each of our constituencies and the country as a whole. With that, we will move on to the next question. The hon. member for La Prairie.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:32:25 p.m.
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Colleagues, I am having some difficulty hearing due to some shouting coming from the latter third of the House. Can I ask all members, please, who do not have the floor to not speak. I am going to invite the hon. member for Burnaby South to start from the top, please.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:33:19 p.m.
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I know some members would like me to make a more specific intervention. Unfortunately, from the chair, I cannot see who is making the intervention, but I will ask members to please not speak when they have not been recognized. The hon. Minister of Health has the floor.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:43:41 p.m.
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Some voices are more distinct than others. The hon. member knows whom I mean. I just remind all members to keep their voices down unless they are recognized. The hon. member for Shefford.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:46:43 p.m.
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Once again, loud voices are being heard. I know the member knows who I mean. I therefore ask members not to speak until they are recognized by the Chair. The hon. member for Jonquière.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:49:02 p.m.
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I will remind members to be careful about making comments about specific members of Parliament. The hon. Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:50:33 p.m.
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The hon. member for Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 2:50:40 p.m.
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I am trying to provide members with as much leeway as possible, knowing that some questions come around and end up being relevant to the administration of government. This is an important time for us to seek accountability from the government. It is important, then, to ask questions that are germane to the administration of the government as opposed to questions that are better directed in a private conversation or in a public declaration, not at question period, because it is not relevant to the administration of government. The hon. member from Vancouver Kingsway.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 3:00:07 p.m.
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That statement is not in keeping with the Standing Orders of the House. I invite the hon. minister to rise and withdraw this unparliamentary accusation.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
The Speaker
  • Sep/19/24 3:09:53 p.m.
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This is very important. The best way to keep personal attacks out of this is to, frankly, not take the floor when members are not recognized by the Speaker. That way, we would not have unfortunate comments that I am certain that outside of this place, when members are downstairs in a room somewhere or talking to each other as real people, they would regret. The hon. member from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, from the top, please.
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