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House Hansard - 4

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 25, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Nov/25/21 6:37:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my esteemed colleague on his speech. He and I went on a magnificent trip to Italy together some time ago. Unfortunately for me, the arguments advanced by the Liberal Party and the NDP really do not hold water. Fundamentally, we are elected to perform important legislative work, and that work is done here. Because of an exceptional situation, we pivoted to a hybrid model, but that should be over now. We are starting to get the pandemic under control. If we managed to make it three or four days this way without anyone getting sick so far, I think we can carry on. We have rules here in Parliament to protect us. The problem is that the rules are not always adequately enforced. My question for my colleague is this: How can he extrapolate and say that next June 23 will be the right time? Why not two months from now or next week?
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Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Nov/25/21 6:55:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I generally agree with his points, but I just have to ask him about one thing that is bothering me. The vaccination status of our Conservative colleagues has been an issue throughout this whole debate. How many Conservatives have medical exemptions?
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Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Nov/25/21 7:53:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, although I am pleased to hear the position of my Conservative colleagues on the hybrid Parliament, I find that their refusal to disclose the number of members with medical exemptions is very detrimental to the current debate. It makes people afraid. Are there five, ten, fifty? Having this information would considerably enhance parliamentarians' sense of security.
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