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House Hansard - 72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/16/22 2:44:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me clarify again for my hon. colleague what the commissioner said. She said: ...what I can say is that the Emergencies Act did give us the tools that we needed...to get the job done quickly. She said: I can tell you from an RCMP perspective, for example, that we were in the midst of trying to enforce at Coutts and we could not enforce, because we couldn't access any tow trucks. Those are just two very clear statements from the RCMP commissioner who explained how the Emergencies Act helped to restore public safety.
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Dane Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland, CPC)
  • May/16/22 2:44:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that still does not answer the question. The RCMP commissioner may have said it was necessary, but she clearly refuted what the minister's claim was, which was that they had recommended it. On May 2, the Minister of Public Safety stated in the House, “At the recommendation of police, we invoked the Emergencies Act”. On April 28, he further stated, “It was on the advice of law enforcement that we invoked the Emergencies Act.” Can the minister back up these statements by answering my question, or will he admit that these statements were false?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/16/22 2:45:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am just finally glad that on Monday, May 16, my hon. colleague from the Conservative Party admitted that the RCMP commissioner's testimony was that the Emergencies Act was necessary in his own words. It finally happened. We have been waiting months for that admission. We invoked the Emergencies Act to protect Canadians. We invoked it and we will continue to participate now in the review exercise in a way that is transparent.
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • May/16/22 2:46:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with regard to the illegal protest in Ottawa, the Minister of Public Safety said on May 2, “At the recommendation of police, we invoked the Emergencies Act”. Last week, the RCMP commissioner said in committee that there was never a question of requesting the Emergencies Act. The question is very simple: Who is telling the truth? Is it the minister or the RCMP commissioner? Personally, I have a lot more confidence in the RCMP commissioner.
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/16/22 2:47:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to share our sympathies with Chantel and her family. I thank the member for his ongoing advocacy, and I agree with him wholeheartedly. We need to accelerate our work when it comes to reconciliation, which does include more indigenous representation not only in the oversight of the RCMP, but in the RCMP itself. I assure him and all members of this chamber that we are working very diligently with the commissioner of the RCMP not only to do those things, but to make sure that we implement all of the calls to justice as part of the meaningful work of reconciliation.
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • May/16/22 2:57:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the police ask for more resources to address gun violence, at the very least, they should be making use of the resources already available. Right now, RCMP officers are deployed at the border, but they are not there to fight gun trafficking or dismantle criminal networks. Believe it or not, they are there to welcome migrants at Roxham Road. Does the Minister of Public Safety think it might be about time we shut down Roxham Road by suspending the safe third country agreement between Canada and the United States and giving the RCMP more powers so they can finally focus on weapons?
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