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House Hansard - 37

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Hon. Bill Blair (President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Lib.)
  • Feb/28/22 2:52:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Emergencies Act was brought in during the mid-1980s. In direct response to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in this country, it provides for rigorous parliamentary oversight both in this place and in the other place. It also provides for review and, most importantly, the act requires that every measure that is undertaken under the act be compliant with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We will always respect the charter.
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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Feb/28/22 4:48:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, is the hon. member for Haldimand—Norfolk aware that the bill consistently says that it is within the meaning of the protections of freedom of expression and the charter, both in the original Broadcasting Act and in these amendments? I do not see, though I am very suspicious of the government, any way that the government is trying to control what we think or say under Bill C-11.
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