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Nov/25/21 10:19:11 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would just like to reassure my NDP colleague that we do not agree with the Conservative Party's position. The Bloc Québécois listens to science. Our intention is to be present in the House. Democracy only works when it is out in the open. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! Mr. Mario Simard: Would you please be quiet? Madam Speaker, during the last parliamentary session, there was one single person on the other side. Science tells us that, if we are all properly vaccinated and we follow the guidelines by wearing our masks, being here in the House is perfectly fine. I do not want to be associated with what is going on in the Conservative Party, where people doubt vaccine efficacy and the leader's lack of leadership is putting us in the position we are in today.

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Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21

Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)

Nov/25/21 11:52:44 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, there are two problems before us today. One is that the Liberals, as my colleague has clearly shown, want to limit debate and do not want to be held accountable for their actions. We saw plenty of that in the last parliament. For their part, the NDP members prefer to remain in their pyjamas in the basement. That is their choice. The other problem I want to raise is the issue of safety. The science tells us that vaccines are effective. I believe that my Conservative colleagues could also do something to help. Perhaps their leader's weakness makes him complacent about certain members who do not have a good reason for not getting vaccinated. That is why we are holding a rather surreal debate today with some of my Conservative colleagues forced to defend the indefensible or the fact that some of their colleagues doubt the effectiveness of vaccines. We could move forward much more quickly if my Conservative colleagues would finally agree that people must be fully vaccinated to come to the House of Commons.

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Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21

Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)

Nov/25/21 3:00:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it was bad enough that the United States was imposing duties on our softwood lumber, but now Washington is thumbing its nose at us by doubling its already unfair duties. Ottawa was supposed to get the United States to eliminate duties altogether. Amazingly, the opposite happened: Washington doubled them. This is utterly appalling, especially since Quebec's forestry industry has been an exemplary trading partner and the United States has no quarrel with our producers. What is the government doing to protect Quebec's forestry industry? Does the government understand that it cannot let itself be bullied like this?

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Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21

Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)

Nov/25/21 3:01:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since I am absolutely right, I will go on. I hope I will be absolutely right again. What is going on in the United States is very worrisome. Ottawa was supposed to get rid of softwood lumber duties. Washington's response? Double those duties. Ottawa was supposed to lobby for exemptions to protectionism in the electric vehicle sector. Washington's response? Add another layer of protectionism. In the space of one week, our main trading partner behaved more like an adversary twice. The government used to blame it on Trump. Now that Biden is in office, whose fault is it? I have to wonder if the problem might be the Liberal government.

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