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House Hansard - 37

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Mrs. Shannon Stubbs (Lakeland, CPC)
  • Feb/28/22 2:50:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Coutts, Emerson and Windsor borders were cleared before the Prime Minister invoked the Emergencies Act. It was not required for demonstrators to leave Ottawa either. Security and financial experts say there were no real threats to Canada and no suspicious financial activity. A lawyer who actually helped draft the act said it was unnecessary, that the burden of proof was not convincingly met and that there was “no evidence” of a threat to the security of Canada. What changed between the Prime Minister supporting it on Monday night and revoking it on Wednesday?
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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Mrs. Shannon Stubbs (Lakeland, CPC)
  • Feb/28/22 2:51:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister implied that protesters were terrorists. On Friday, the deputy director of FINTRAC was asked if terrorists were using crowdfunding platforms to launder money. He said, “We have not seen them. It is not a high risk”, but Canadians' accounts were frozen and sweeping powers were put in place. Last week, Conservatives asked if the Liberals got a legal opinion. The justice minister just said that he felt standards were met, which is not, of course, an actual legal assessment. I will ask again. Will the Liberals release the legal opinion to Canadians? What changed in 36 hours?
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