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House Hansard - 80

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 2, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • Jun/2/22 3:51:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think we have a number of rules to review today. I would like to ask my colleague from Winnipeg North about prorogation, a topic we have often talked about together, and about this amendment that could help prevent this tool from being misused. The 2020 prorogation had huge consequences. Some committees, which had been urgently recalled in the middle of a pandemic, were studying reports that ended up being wiped from the agenda when Parliament was prorogued. I experienced this at the Standing Committee on Status of Women. Petitions can also get lost, since the slate is wiped clean. Does my colleague think it is important to limit prorogation powers and to prevent governments, in particular minority ones, from abusing this power?
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Jun/2/22 4:23:52 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Beauport—Limoilou. I would just like to ask her if she is aware of the suggestions made by Hugo Cyr, a professor at the the Université du Québec à Montréal's department of legal sciences, on the issues of prorogation. He made the suggestion, which I support, of holding a mandatory vote in the House of Commons before a Prime Minister requests a prorogation.
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