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House Hansard - 30

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 14, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 30 - Feb/14/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Feb/14/22 2:23:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are not fooled. They understand the Prime Minister’s political games. First, according to his own MPs, he wilfully chose to wedge, to divide and to stigmatize in order to win an election. We are not the ones saying that. It is people from his own team and caucus. He then chose to politicize the pandemic, and that is what he is still doing today. Section 16 of the Emergencies Act states that there must be a threat to the security of Canada in order for the act to be invoked. How does the Prime Minister justify using emergency powers in a different way, once again—
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Context: House Hansard - 30 - Feb/14/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Feb/14/22 2:24:53 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the situation that is unfolding today was entirely avoidable. The Prime Minister's campaign to divide Canadians and to divide his own caucus contributed to this escalation and, unfortunately, he went into hiding for days instead of trying to defuse tensions. The public wants a peaceful resolution to this conflict, an end to the protests, but not the military on the streets. Will the Prime Minister vote in favour of our motion and present all Canadians with a plan, as all the other governments in Canada have done?
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