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House Hansard - 44

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 23, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 44 - Mar/23/22
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/23/22 2:24:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it was clear in the last election what Canadians wanted as a priority: action on growing the economy, expanding the middle class and making sure that people can join it, ensuring affordable child care and expanding health care services. All of these things are at the core of what, when we came to power six months ago, we said we wanted to work with other parties on. I know, because I was there, that when the Conservatives were in a minority government, they did not work with other parties. It is an unusual concept for them, but there is the opportunity that they have today to work collaboratively in Parliament to get things done. That is our objective.
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Context: House Hansard - 44 - Mar/23/22
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/23/22 2:25:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is every opportunity for us to all work together. I think that is exactly the spirit that was expected after the last election. Canadians wanted to see stability. They wanted to see results. They wanted to see us focus on getting things done. As the member will well know, we continue to have work together on a great number of issues, and that opportunity will continue in the future. What this means is that Parliament can have stability. Yes, we have differences. Some of those differences are very big, but that does not mean that we should put our partisan differences in front of getting the business of the nation done. That is what this deal is about.
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Context: House Hansard - 44 - Mar/23/22
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/23/22 2:26:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was there for three minority governments with Stephen Harper, and what we saw was a complete railroading of the opposition and no interest in working with other parties. Not only that, but over that period of time we also saw the most stagnant, dead economic growth that the country had seen historically. What we see now is Canada leading in economic growth, leading in job creation and leading in climate action. What we are focused on is working with any party that is willing to work with us to get the business of the nation done. I would suggest to the Conservatives that there is an opportunity to break from their usual mould, which is attack, attack, attack—
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