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Peter Julian

Member of Parliament
House leader of the New Democratic Party Member of the Board of Internal Economy
NDP

New Westminster—Burnaby
British Columbia
Voting Attendance: 63%
Expenses Last Quarter: $138,331.47

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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24

May/29/24 6:07:10 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-70

Madam Speaker, this is the motion: That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-70, an act respecting countering foreign interference, shall be disposed of as follows: (a) at the expiry of the time provided for government orders later today, the bill be deemed adopted at second reading and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security; (b) during the consideration of the bill by the committee: (1) the committee shall have the first priority for the use of House resources for committee meetings; (2) the committee shall meet for extended hours on Monday, June 3; Tuesday, June 4; Wednesday, June 5; and Thursday, June 6, 2024, to gather evidence from witnesses; (3) the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, the officials from the RCMP and CSIS, the national security adviser to the Prime Minister, the officials from the Department of Public Safety and other expert witnesses deemed relevant by the committee be invited to appear; (4) all amendments be submitted to the clerk of the committee by 9 a.m. on Monday, June 10, 2024; and (5) amendments filed by independent members shall be deemed to have been proposed during the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. This was drafted by the member for Wellington—Halton Hills. I hope it will receive unanimous consent.

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Context: House Hansard - 202 - May/30/23

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

May/30/23 11:30:04 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we just had the member for Vancouver East, who has had a confidential security briefing, speak very passionately, and she has brought forth this motion we are debating today. However, the leader of the official opposition is pretending that somehow having access to confidential material will muzzle him. How is it that the member for Vancouver East can speak so passionately and bring forward this motion when she has had a security briefing? How could the leader of the official opposition ever pretend the contrary?

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Context: House Hansard - 202 - May/30/23

Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

May/30/23 11:08:09 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I certainly agree with the member in her characterization of the Leader of the Opposition. For the Leader of the Opposition to not seek the information is something that I find unbelievable. Each member of this House has the responsibility to get to the details and find out that information. As the member has said, she has been briefed on security information. She is capable of giving a speech in this House of Commons. I agree with some of it and I disagree with other aspects of it, but she is able to do that. She is not muzzled by the fact of having that security information. What she did just this moment was actually support the NDP motion. She talks about the fact that contradicts Mr. Johnston's primary focus in not having a public inquiry, that factual questions around this sensitive information cannot be discussed in a public inquiry. The other aspect, he says, is that there would be a clear overlap of a public inquiry with the work he has already started doing. He would heed, I believe, a vote of this House expressing that he must step aside. Would the government heed that vote as well?

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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23

Mr. Peter Julian

May/8/23 4:39:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know the member is very learned on national security issues and brings that wealth of knowledge to this debate today. There is no doubt that there are a number of things the government should be doing proactively, including informing and briefing members of Parliament. I have not seen the government act with the alacrity that is necessary in this case. This has been a slow-motion—

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House leader of the New Democratic Party Member of the Board of Internal Economy

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