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House Hansard - 35

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 20, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Mr. René Arseneault (Madawaska—Restigouche, Lib.)
  • Feb/20/22 4:21:03 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Ottawa Centre for his speech. I certainly appreciated his analysis of the events based on his experience and his perspective as a lawyer and former attorney general of Ontario. I would actually like to ask my colleague to tell us, based on that perspective, what test needs to be met to make the Emergencies Act necessary.
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Mr. René Arseneault (Madawaska—Restigouche, Lib.)
  • Feb/20/22 7:20:22 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech. I have admired him for some time, because we sat for a long time on the Standing Committee on Official Languages. The hon. member for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, who is in the same party as my colleague, admitted himself that Ottawa was under siege, that it was being occupied. In his opinion, the official opposition now agrees that Ottawa was under siege. I hear the opposition say that this is the first time the Emergencies Act is being invoked. An hon. member: That is true. Mr. René Arseneault: Madam Speaker, as someone across the aisle just said, that is true. I would like to know if my colleague has seen another Canadian city under siege since the law was passed.
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Mr. René Arseneault (Madawaska—Restigouche, Lib.)
  • Feb/20/22 8:52:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague from Drummond for his speech and especially for his masterful use of the French language in this place. I would like to ask him how he can state that the city of Ottawa has been under siege and then, in the same breath, suggest that the Emergencies Act is being trivialized.
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