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House Hansard - 35

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 20, 2022 07:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 9:01:17 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member spoke a lot about healing and the mending of fences. My concern through a lot of this is that alternative, right wing, white supremacist organizations are central to a lot of what we have seen over the last three weeks here in Ottawa and across the country. We should not associate, as some members across have, with people like Pat King, who talked about the depopulation of the Caucasian race and suggested that the only way the convoy in Ottawa would be solved is with bullets. Could the member comment on the dangers of that and the fact that the government has to respond to it in an extremely serious and decisive manner?
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 11:07:20 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to address a bit of a local issue. The people of London have experienced first-hand the dangers caused by the right-wing extreme hatred. Unfortunately, in the last few days we have seen the raising of Confederate flags in London as well. I want to ask the hon. member what he has heard from his constituents about that and how the government plans to address it. I would also ask him if he would be willing to support the NDP's private member's bill, Bill C-229, on the banning of those hate symbols.
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 11:53:50 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, a lot of people have throwing around the name, Tommy Douglas. In any other circumstance, I would be happy about that. It is hard to know what Tommy would do at this point. These are very different times. It is also difficult because he has been gone for so long. Maybe instead, I could quote someone who is very much in the present, a former Conservative leader, maybe a future, again, Conservative leader. He said: This is not freedom, it’s anarchy on display at the threshold of our democracy....But what we have seen in the occupation of Ottawa and blockages at border crossings is not the right of protest enshrined in our constitution, but illegal activity that represents a national security and economic threat to Canada. Leaving aside the stated manifesto of the organizers to overthrow the government, these protests are weakening our economy and disrupting the freedoms of law-abiding citizens....Illegal activity cannot shape government policy. I would like the member to talk about what Peter MacKay and Conservative Senator Vern White had to say about what his party is doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 2:10:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, given the parliamentary secretary's role in agriculture and agri-food, he would know the extraordinary importance of ensuring that our supply chain is maintained across that border. My colleague from Windsor West spoke this morning about the incredible impact that this blockade was having on his riding, which of course has a border crossing within it. He called for the government to put forward a safe border task force. Is that something the hon. parliamentary secretary can support?
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Context: House Hansard - 35 - Feb/20/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/20/22 3:23:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in the House over the past several days, we have heard quite the debate about what kinds of things are going on outside of the House. Is it a protest? Is it a friendly protest? Is it an illegal occupation? I know where I stand on this, but I find that division extremely dangerous as well. Could the member please explain to the House why she shares the opinion that downplaying what is going on as just a friendly protest is so dangerous?
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