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House Hansard - 23

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 23 - Feb/3/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/3/22 2:19:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the protesters and, to be more accurate, the trucks have been parked outside in Ottawa for almost a week now, and instead of presenting a plan, which is what I think a lot of people in this country would like to see, to work with the people who are out there to help them feel they have been listened to, the Prime Minister is threatening Canadians with more vaccine mandates for interprovincial trade and travel. This is not helpful. Can the Prime Minister please tell Canadians what role he feels the government can play and what it can do to help solve the impasse?
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Context: House Hansard - 23 - Feb/3/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/3/22 2:21:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Deputy Prime Minister's kind words. Maybe all the horns affected her hearing, because I do not know if she heard my question, so I am going to ask it again. Where is the olive branch? I ask this because Canadians are looking for an olive branch. I appreciate the olive branch she just extended to me right now, and I think that is what Canadians are looking for. The government does not have to agree. Its members do not even have to like the protesters and the trucks that are parked outside, but they need to provide a solution. Could they please tell Canadians what the solution is to get past this impasse?
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Context: House Hansard - 23 - Feb/3/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/3/22 2:22:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that, I am afraid, is classic gaslighting, and it is very disappointing to see the deputy leader do that when we are in the middle of what is going on in the streets right now in Ottawa. There is nobody in the House who tolerates racism, like wearing blackface. We do not need to go through the litany of racist things that have been done by people who clearly have very poor judgment. That is not what we are talking about. We are talking about an impasse on Parliament Hill. We need to have some solutions. There needs to be an olive branch. Where is it?
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Context: House Hansard - 23 - Feb/3/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/3/22 2:24:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is a disappointing answer. The Prime Minister's policy is causing the price of everything to soar, but he smugly brushes that away, just as he brushes away almost every other challenge that Canadians are facing. He looks at single moms, for example, who are struggling, and seems to smugly not understand that they are just trying to put nutritional food on their kids' plates. He looks at families who are trying to pay their rent. Does he understand how difficult rent is to pay right now? Rent is soaring. What is the Prime Minister's plan to stop runaway inflation?
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