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Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
September 7, 2022 09:00AM
  • Sep/7/22 11:10:00 a.m.

Mr. Speaker, we certainly appreciate the work that is being done by the federal government after the use of a federal emergency power. We were very clear right from the onset, when the Premier instituted an emergency in the province of Ontario, that we wanted to see order restored in both Ottawa and in Windsor. We certainly trust the federal government and federal representatives to undertake a review of a federal authority that was brought into use for the first time by the federal cabinet.

Of course, what he is talking about is the federal government’s enacting of a federal emergency. It is the federal Parliament and the House of Commons that are undertaking a review of the federal act, and it is incumbent—and I certainly trust that the federal government and our federal representatives across all three parties will undertake a thorough review on behalf of the people of Canada.

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  • Sep/7/22 4:00:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 3 

I was listening to the member’s speech, and I guess have two questions. I’m just wondering if she sought unanimous consent on committee to have her amendments actually heard. I know she’s very critical of the Chair. She does have that option, and I am told that she didn’t do that.

But more importantly, I was really intrigued by the laneway—her approval for laneway suites. I think that was recently, if I’m not mistaken; I’m not sure when she said it, but I know in Markham we actually approved laneway suites in 1995, and they have been going—

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