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House Hansard - 34

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Feb/19/22 11:50:08 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to compliment the member on his excellent speech in this difficult time. I would like to ask him a question about the order in council that the government passed that led to the invocation of the act that we're debating today. One of the clauses in the act gives the government the power to impose “other temporary measures authorized under section 19 of the Emergencies Act that are not yet known”. It is a pretty open-ended power that the government is asking for. We know that the Prime Minister has limited respect for the House. He disregarded the request for the production of documents with regard to the Winnipeg lab. He tried to interfere in the legal system with the SNC-Lavalin scandal. Why should we trust him? He has not called a meeting of the privy councillors sworn in in this House to brief them on any security issues. Why should we trust that this power should be granted to the government, which is—
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Feb/19/22 1:08:53 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in his speech in this excellent debate on this act, the member talked about the need to reach out to people and hear what people have to say. One of the documents that the government tabled with the proclamation is called “Report to the Houses of Parliament: Emergencies Act Consultations”. It is actually a list of all the meetings the government had prior to invoking the Emergencies Act, as required under the act, to try to establish whether or not it did steps one and two before going to the “last resort”, as the Prime Minister said the Emergencies Act is. When I look through it, I cannot see steps one or two, other than meeting with themselves in cabinet meetings. The government never met with a Canadian outside of the government. Could the hon. member tell us his position with regard to consultation and hearing people before resorting to such a draconian act?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Feb/19/22 2:07:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know my hon. colleague was a banker prior to being elected in 2021, so I want to ask her a question about the Emergencies Act regulations, which tells financial institutions to cease dealing with designated persons. In my riding on Friday, two bank branches ran out of money because Canadians, who were afraid the government was going to take their assets under this legislation, came into the banks and took out their money. Therefore, I would like you to comment, as a former branch manager and banker, on how you would deal with that?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Feb/19/22 6:31:20 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have a point of order. I did not realize this was a meeting room. They are having a meeting and talking so loud we cannot hear—
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