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House Hansard - 3

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 24, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 3 - Nov/24/21
Mr. Stéphane Bergeron (Montarville, BQ)
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Madam Speaker, first, I would like to salute my colleague and congratulate him on his appointment as House leader. In a previous life, as a member of the House, I had the opportunity to work very closely with him on a non-partisan bill to lower the legal voting age to 16. I know that my colleague can work collegially with members of all political parties in the House because I had the opportunity to have that experience with him. That said, there is one thing that I am very concerned about in the proposal that his government has put forward today. We on this side of the House all saw the Liberal government take advantage of this hybrid parliament provision and use it to literally run away and leave the House. We saw very few Liberals in the House. The ministers were in their offices here on Parliament Hill, claiming that they wanted to follow the Quebec and Ontario health guidelines and not cross regional borders. However, they were here in their offices and answering our questions virtually. Is it still the government’s plan to use this motion as a way to hide in their offices?
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