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House Hansard - 72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, NDP)
  • May/16/22 2:47:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last year, Chantel Moore, an indigenous woman, was fatally shot by police during a wellness check. The inquest begins today, and we hope that her family and community get the answers that they deserve. On the current government's watch, police violence against indigenous and racialized people continues to cost lives. The government is not moving fast enough with police reforms that include indigenous oversight. When will the government act to reform policing and make sure that what happened to Chantel never happens again?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • May/16/22 3:11:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Mr. Speaker, today we are debating a government bill on electoral representation, but there is no mention in it of electoral reform or proportional representation. Back in 2015, the Prime Minister promised over 1,800 times that he would make every vote count. Seven years later, we still do not have any legislation or indication from the governing party that it will follow through on these promises. Will the federal government support an independent, non-partisan national citizens assembly on electoral reform?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • May/16/22 8:08:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, although what we are discussing tonight does not engage the Senate, the member's speech did, and I have always had this problem on the question of how we would reform the Senate. If we allow senators to have the authority and the recognized legitimacy to block votes by being themselves elected, as opposed to a vestige of the British Empire and our equivalent of the House of Lords, if they have legitimacy, then this place would become logjammed. Has the hon. member fully considered the downsides of the Senate feeling it has the right, through legitimate election, to block legislation that has been passed in this place?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • May/16/22 8:15:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, the member touched base a bit on Senate reform, specifically on Alberta having a vote last year in order to choose its own senators. We know that in the past, senators who were voted on from Alberta had been appointed to the Senate. What made it different this time regarding why those senators were not appointed?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. John Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil, CPC)
  • May/16/22 8:35:33 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, I really enjoy working with the hon. member in the time that we have been here, since 2015. I want to pick up on a point that the hon. member made. I recall when the electoral reform committee was constituted, there was a tremendous amount of work that went into it. The member for Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston was on that committee. There were recommendations that all of the opposition parties agreed to, not the least of which was to recommend the idea of proportional representation, but again, bring it to Canadians in a referendum. There can be an argument made as to where we go. I understand that the NDP is in favour of a citizens' assembly, but would she not agree with me and reaffirm that a promise was not kept by the Prime Minister? He did not get his preferred choice of voting, which would have been a ranked system, but more so, the issue of proportional representation, bringing it to Canadians and letting them decide on what type of voting system should be enacted is important.
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