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House Hansard - 25

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 7, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 25 - Feb/7/22
Mr. Andy Fillmore (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Feb/7/22 7:44:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Burnaby South for instigating this debate tonight and for his remarks. The member for Kildonan—St. Paul knows that the interim Conservative leader, the member for Portage—Lisgar, encouraged her party to not discourage protesters from leaving but rather to encourage them to stay and make the occupation the Prime Minister's problem. Shortly afterward, when confronted with the horrific and violent deeds of the occupiers, her interim leader recycled Donald Trump's hateful and disgusting turn of phrase that there were good people on both sides. Even tonight, in this very House in this very debate, that same interim leader tried to stoke the fires of division when asking the Prime Minister questions. Perhaps the next thing the interim leader will say is to tell the occupiers to stand back and stand down. The behaviour of some of the members on the member for Kildonan—St. Paul's side of the House has been as repugnant as the behaviour of those out on the street. I would like to ask the member how in the world she believes the actions of her leader and her colleagues will help to end this unthinkable and un-Canadian disaster unfolding outside of these very doors.
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Context: House Hansard - 25 - Feb/7/22
Mr. Andy Fillmore (Halifax, Lib.)
  • Feb/7/22 9:01:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to tell the member for Ottawa Centre that my heart is breaking for him and for his constituents. It is hard to imagine taking what is happening here in Ottawa and putting it in Halifax, a city that I love as much has he loves his city, and seeing this terrorizing of neighbourhoods, damage to property and the illegality going on. It just must be so incredibly heartbreaking, and so many of our hearts go out to them now. The member is in a very unique position, being the member of Parliament for the most directly impacted part of the city, but also as a former attorney general for the Province of Ontario. He alluded to some of the proposals for changes that he will be bringing forward in due course. I would love if he could bring us a sneak preview on the flavour of some of those. He mentioned changes to the parliamentary precinct, including the elimination of vehicles on Wellington Street and the pedestrianization of that street, which would be a remarkable innovation. He mentioned changes to the operating procedures of this House to better manage some of the activities of members. I would be very interested to hear that.
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