SoVote

May/2/22 12:14:23 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, time and time again, this government has obstructed democracy with the help of its NDP pals. That has to be getting a little embarrassing. They have moved an omnibus motion to run roughshod over democracy, and now here they are with a closure motion that does the same thing. The Liberals are brazenly running roughshod over democracy, which is a big deal, and it is all because they cannot for the life of them manage the legislative calendar. They are amateurs. During question period, we always point out how amateurish the Liberals are, and when we look at debate in the House, that is abundantly clear. My question is simple. Are they not tired of being such amateurs?

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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

May/2/22 12:28:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, this debate is an embarrassment. I have listened to the debate on Motion No. 11. I listened to the very lengthy speech my colleague from Winnipeg North gave on this motion last week. Everything in the rhetoric we hear from the Liberals and NDP seems to suggest that there are good democrats, in other words, those who support Motion No. 11, on one side of the House, and then there are bad democrats, basically the Conservative and Bloc Québécois members who oppose the motion, on the other side. Motion No. 11 is not just about extending our sitting time. It also contains a number of measures to muzzle the opposition. The funny thing is, when I think about the Liberals and democracy, I remember the Prime Minister, with his hand on his heart during the election campaign, talking about electoral reform, saying he was going to do this and that. Is that what democracy is? When are those things going to happen? Who prorogued Parliament in the summer of 2020? Who sent the country into an election when there were lots of bills close to being voted on that were important to Canada? The Liberals called an election and wiped the slate clean, killing bills like the one on the Official Languages Act, which is an important piece of legislation. There was also the bill to reform the CRTC, which was very important, but it too was killed. Are those folks over there really the democrats they claim to be?

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Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)

May/2/22 6:07:22 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my question will be short and more of a comment. The NDP has sold its soul. It sold its soul last June when it made an agreement with the Liberals to water down the net-zero bill as much as possible. It has just sold its soul a second time to water down democracy as much as possible.

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Mr. Clifford Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, CPC)

May/2/22 6:33:58 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, there is not another member in the House who loves healthy debate more than my hon. colleague. He is on his feet every chance he gets. He absolutely relishes it. I ask my hon. colleague this. Does he want to take healthy debate out of democracy?

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Mr. Damien Kurek

May/2/22 7:06:36 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I note that the hon. member from the Green Party has a great deal of care for democracy and our institutions. I did outline a number of the specific challenges I had when the motion was in front of me, but the most egregious of them, I would suggest, is the fact that the Prime Minister or any minister of the Crown could, on a whim, decide to shut down this place. That could be tomorrow, although I hope that is not the case. I hope the NDP would have the spine to vote against this. No Prime Minister should be given that carte-blanche authority, which I believe is a serious threat to democracy within our country.

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Mr. Francesco Sorbara

May/2/22 7:19:56 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have sat at committees for the almost seven years that I have been here. I have been on a number of committees, three in the last session. We do debate vigorously many bills that are put forward. We debate motions that are put forward. It is always great to have a robust discussion and hear different viewpoints from the members who have the privilege of sitting on those committees. I do not think this type of motion has in any way impaired the ability of democracy to function. That is exactly what happens on committees.

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