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House Hansard - 4

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 25, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Nov/25/21 10:24:09 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to congratulate my colleague. During the last Parliament we had the opportunity to work together as whips. I have a simple question. I would genuinely like to understand the reasons behind this decision to have a hybrid Parliament until June 23, 2022. As the government House leader knows, the House Administration and the technical support people would be able to reinstate the hybrid system with the push of a button if that is what we unanimously decide we want. Given the current health situation, there is no need to decide today that we should be in a hybrid Parliament until June 23. That is something we should decide month to month, or every two months, depending on how the situation evolves. Can the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons explain why the government, together with the NDP, is imposing a hybrid Parliament until June 23, 2022?
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Context: House Hansard - 4 - Nov/25/21
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Nov/25/21 3:40:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his speech. Something made me prick up my ears. I am a whip, I helped create the hybrid Parliament and I am going to say quite frankly that it is a temporary tool to get through a pandemic. I am hearing that telework is becoming more and more popular, that it is flexible and so on. Am I hearing that the government wants to change how Parliament works? That it wants to fundamentally alter Parliament just like that with one motion? A story cannot be changed. Telework is practical, but parliamentarians are elected to sit here in the House.
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