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House Hansard - 34

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 19, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/19/22 7:33:35 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Abitibi—Témiscamingue for his speech. I would also like to thank the member for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, who spoke earlier. My colleagues did a great job of contextualizing the big difference between the events of 1970 and the 1988 act invoked by this government. This act, which was drafted and passed by Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government and sponsored by Minister Perrin Beatty, sets out very specific conditions. For one thing, the act cannot be used for partisan purposes. It is to be used only if it meets criteria that this government, unfortunately, has not met. I would like to ask my colleague a question. Ottawa was under siege for 17 days. For 17 days, the Prime Minister did absolutely nothing. In fact, on February 11, he said the police had all the tools they needed to respond. Three days later, he woke up and said this act had to be invoked. Can the member help us understand the Liberal prime minister's completely irresponsible behaviour?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mrs. Brenda Shanahan
  • Feb/19/22 7:48:29 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I find a question of that nature on the Emergencies Act very unusual coming from someone in the Conservative Party. It was his own party that wrote the law. I have huge respect for the work that was done by former prime minister Mulroney and the minister—
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Hon. Greg Fergus
  • Feb/19/22 8:07:34 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what I really like about this piece of legislation, and I would like to congratulate Brian Mulroney and his government for having introduced it, is that the Charter of Rights applies to it at all times. It is fixed for a certain amount of time and parliamentarians have to come together to talk about it. I have every confidence because it is targeted, it is appropriate and especially it is time-limited.
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Mr. Charlie Angus
  • Feb/19/22 9:24:19 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have two things to say. First, I would like to thank the National Assembly of Quebec, which has offered its support to Ottawa residents by sending in the Sûreté du Québec and providing their expertise. I therefore thank Mr. Legault. The second point for my friend, who has not been here all that long, is that he missed a part. When Brian Mulroney's government brought in the Emergencies Act, the New Democrats said this: ...we are pleased that the Minister has brought forward a proposal to replace the War Measures Act.... [We] do not want to reopen old wounds. Instead, I hope this Bill as amended will complete the healing process. Yes, there is a difference between those acts.
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Charlie Angus
  • Feb/19/22 9:42:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are not discussing the War Measures Act. That no longer exists. This is an act brought in 1987 by Brian Mulroney. It is irrelevant.
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Jake Stewart
  • Feb/19/22 1:06:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to remind the member opposite that when this issue started, the Prime Minister did not act in a reasonable, measurable, responsible manner, as the Prime Minister of our country. Think of Chrétien, Harper and Mulroney. Think of the people from our past who would have reached out to those dissenting voices. They might have broken bread. They may have shared a coffee and they may have had a disagreement, but they would have put in an effort to reach common ground. I believe this would have been over at least two and a half weeks ago.
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