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House Hansard - 49

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 30, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 49 - Mar/30/22
The Deputy Speaker
  • Mar/30/22 2:01:32 p.m.
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It being Wednesday, I will ask the member for Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation to lead us in our national anthem. [Members sang the national anthem]
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Context: House Hansard - 49 - Mar/30/22
Mr. Iqwinder Gaheer (Mississauga—Malton, Lib.)
  • Mar/30/22 5:22:43 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, inscribed at the top of one of the great law schools of this continent is the motto “Not under man, but under God and law”. I would read these words and feel a sense of pride that ours was a nation of laws, not men; a nation of citizens, not parties; of Canadians, not Liberals or Conservatives. For a nation as big and diverse as ours, our institutions, our norms and our rules bind us together, give shape and order to our common lives even when we disagree, and especially when we disagree. However, every so often comes a time to make a change, a step in a better direction, a turn of the page, because in our very creed as Canadians, we are always striving to do better. The time has come to turn the page—
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