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Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)

Dec/7/21 2:36:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this summer, Canada failed in its duty to help our Afghan allies. Who among us could forget the sad memory and tragic sight of Afghans clinging to airplanes as they were taking off. What happened in Afghanistan is terrible. Those people are our friends and allies. They helped Canadian soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. They are interpreters, support staff and their families. Canadians need to know why we were unable to give them the help they needed. If the Prime Minister did nothing wrong, then why is he not supporting our call for a parliamentary committee to study the matter?

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Context: House Hansard - 12 - Dec/7/21

Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)

Dec/7/21 2:37:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, during this debate, let us always keep in mind that these Afghans, who are our friends and allies, put their lives on the line so that Canadians could benefit from the current situation. That is why we must not play partisan politics with this issue. It is very sad to see the minister laugh, because as far back as 2016, the Leader of the Opposition warned the House that we needed a plan to bring these people home. This summer, when all of Canada's efforts were needed to get these people out, the Prime Minister called a partisan, self‑serving election. If the government has nothing to be ashamed of, will it accept our proposal to create a committee—

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Context: House Hansard - 12 - Dec/7/21

Mr. Gérard Deltell (House leader of the official opposition, CPC)

Dec/7/21 3:18:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I want to point out that the House is governed by rules that we are all called upon to follow. For example, when we ask a question, we stand up. We must also abide by a certain code and listen to the answer given, if any, of course. We must always respect that. Since the House resumed sitting, there has been a lot of background noise, as there are more members present in the House. We recognize that. That was not the case in the last six months of the previous Parliament, from January to June, when there were only a handful of government members and a few dozen opposition members. We admit that the noise was less intrusive then. We also recognize that when someone rises to answer a question and we hear some heckling, the Speaker frequently rises to call members to order, as he should. Mr. Speaker, I would urge you to be very careful about inviting members giving an answer to start over from the beginning. Inevitably, their speaking time is much longer, allowing members to repeat exactly the same argument. However, the people at home have heard the answer because the microphones picked it up, particularly when the question comes from someone who is not physically present in the House. I therefore invite everyone to follow the Standing Orders very strictly, which state that we should not heckle and that we should listen carefully to the person speaking. Unfortunately, breaches can occur, because we are human. People who have things to say must be able to say them, provided that we hear them properly. If, unfortunately, there is too much noise at the start, we can stop and start again at the beginning, but not at the end.

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