44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
- Feb/19/22 3:04:51 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, as a preamble I would like to say I am not sure I agree with taking events from the past and comparing them directly, because every one is different and each context is different. I would not compare a natural disaster to a conscious, coordinated movement, which is what we have seen. There has been coordination between what happened in Coutts and what has happened here.
I enjoyed the member's speech. It was rigorous and analytical. My question for him is this. Abstracting from the so-called reason for the “freedom convoy”, which was trucker mandates and not really the reason, is he not concerned that there is a longer-term movement in parts of the country? For example, the same organizers were involved in the United We Roll convoy. Also, I read somewhere that the Facebook page for Canada Unity was registered in 2019.
150 words
All Topics
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Feb/19/22 3:34:14 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, the first thing is provision of intelligence. We had open-source intelligence that this convoy was coming and that this was their intention. The second was the application of resources. Resources were made freely available to police services in Ottawa. The third thing was the immense resources of the Government of Canada, all of which were made available to this municipality. For whatever reason, that did not seem to be sufficient to deal with this seditious enterprise by these lawless brigands.
83 words
All Topics
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Feb/19/22 8:17:50 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, there are rules about language in this chamber and those rules are appropriate when we are talking among ourselves through you. However, when we are making a citation that refers to the type of invective and vitriol being volleyed in people's direction in the context of this convoy—
56 words
All Topics
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Feb/19/22 9:36:39 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, I must tell you about my residents. When the convoy was going through on the Trans-Canada Highway, people waited for four, six and eight hours to cheer on the trucks going from Deux-Rivières all the way through to the end of Arnprior. They were so happy that somebody was going to go to Ottawa and fight for their freedom.
They have the Conservatives in Parliament, people all over the country and now the world who understand that democracy and freedom are under attack in Canada.
91 words
All Topics
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Feb/19/22 11:09:21 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, I noted that my hon. friend from Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook talked about foreign interference as though we were just talking about the flow of money in donations to the so-called “freedom convoy”. I wonder if he has turned his attention to foreign interference in the form of disinformation, largely emanating from Russian websites, social media activity, as well as that emanating from the U.S. Republican Party.
74 words
All Topics
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Feb/19/22 11:10:28 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, there seem to be two conflicting views. One is that the convoy was all about vaccine mandates and personal freedoms. On the other hand, when listening to the leaders, it sounded like an insurrection, that they were coming with the intent of overthrowing the democratically elected government. The supporters of the protest, including the Conservatives, have either been naively blind to the fact that they were gamed by the true leaders of this, or they are wilfully blind to the evidence that those leaders presented. What are your thoughts on that?
93 words
All Topics
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
