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House Hansard - 27

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 9, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/9/22 2:25:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, countries around the world are opening up, even countries with lower vaccination rates than Canada, and provinces are beginning to lift restrictions and getting life back to normal. Why? It is because they are following the science. Canadians are ready to get their lives back, but it seems like the Prime Minister wants to live in a permanent pandemic. Dr. Tam, Dr. Henry, Dr. Moore, Dr. Hinshaw and Dr. Shahab all agree that it is time to shift out of the restrictions and back to normal life. Why is the Prime Minister so offside, not only with the science but, it would seem, with a growing number of his own MPs?
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/9/22 2:26:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the science and the evidence are simply not on the Prime Minister's side. Many of the reasons previously used to keep Canadians under restrictions are vanishing before our eyes. Other countries are opening up. Provinces are opening up. As he just said, 90% of Canadians have the vaccine. The Prime Minister needs to put his ego aside. He needs to do what is right for the country. He needs to end the mandates. He needs to end the restrictions. He needs to listen to his own caucus. Will he do that?
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/9/22 2:28:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know this Prime Minister has politicized the pandemic. Last summer, as B.C. was burning, Afghanistan was falling and we were in the fourth wave of a pandemic, the Prime Minister called an unnecessary $600-million election to capitalize on this crisis. According to a senior Liberal MP, a decision was made “to wedge, to divide and to stigmatize”. It is a country more divided than ever before. Can the Prime Minister tell Canadians why he would politicize the pandemic, why he would try to stigmatize Canadians, and why he would do this to a country that was already suffering and deeply damaged by so many of his policies?
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/9/22 2:29:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is clearly trying to strategically and very selfishly divide and stigmatize Canadians. We live in a beautiful country, but our country is suffering. Our country is divided. Our country is tired, and Canadians need leadership. Again, I will ask the Prime Minister this. His senior Liberal MP said that there was a strategic decision made on that side to, and these are not my words, “stigmatize”, “divide” and “wedge”. This is what the Prime Minister did. Why?
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Context: House Hansard - 27 - Feb/9/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/9/22 3:15:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me be clear: Conservatives want the protests and the barricades to end. We want people to be able to head back to work and go home, knowing they have been listened to and that they have been respected. The Prime Minister holds the key. I have sent the Prime Minister a letter and asked him if he would be willing to meet with other leaders and with me so that we can work constructively to end this impasse. Will he meet with us? Can we work together to find a solution?
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