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House Hansard - 32

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 16, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 32 - Feb/16/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/16/22 2:21:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear the Prime Minister has more of a political emergency on his hands than a national emergency. The borders at Coutts, Surrey, Windsor and Emerson have all been cleared. There are no more blockades at any borders. Trucks are still here downtown in Ottawa and they need to move. In light of the rapidly changing landscape, can the Prime Minister tell us where the serious threat of violence is to Canadians for ideological purposes, which is the threshold that needs to be met for the Emergencies Act?
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Context: House Hansard - 32 - Feb/16/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/16/22 2:36:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, these illegal blockades are impacting the whole country. We have seen blockades at the border across the country, and it is an emergency that requires the Emergencies Act. We therefore have given local police tools they may use at their discretion. That is how the Emergencies Act works. This law will always respect the terms of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms wherever it is implemented.
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Context: House Hansard - 32 - Feb/16/22
Ms. Leslyn Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk, CPC)
  • Feb/16/22 2:37:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the emergency measures act is a declaration of a state of national urgency. It is a blunt force tool that should only be used under the most serious circumstances when legal powers have been exhausted. Canadians do not believe the Prime Minister has exhausted all efforts. The emergency measures act gives extraordinary powers to the government. The Prime Minister would have received judicial advice from judicial officers. When will the Prime Minister make that advice available to the public?
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Context: House Hansard - 32 - Feb/16/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/16/22 2:43:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this pandemic has been hard on all Canadians. We have lost too many loved ones. We have had restrictions on all kinds of things we took for granted. We have had to deal with mental health challenges in our communities, but we have also seen Canadians be there for one another. This has brought out the best in Canadians, from frontline workers in Quebec to emergency services in British Columbia to the neighbours helping neighbours. Canadians now need us to implement emergency measures to deal with these illegal blockades across the country.
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