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House Hansard - 85

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 9, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Dane Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland, CPC)
  • Jun/9/22 2:31:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is disturbing that Conservatives needed to ask the police to find out that the minister's statement claiming that police recommended the government invoke the Emergencies Act was in fact false. No such recommendations were made by police. The deputy minister tried to explain the minister's claims, saying he was misunderstood. Why did the minister repeatedly fail to give Parliament accurate information? Was he just hoping he would not get caught?
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/22 2:31:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me quote from the testimony of Commissioner Brenda Lucki of the RCMP, from the committee my hon. colleague is a member of. Referring to the government, she said: When they did come up with measures, they came to us to ask if these measures would be useful. Then, when they were revoking it, of course, they came again to us and asked, “Are you in a position that you no longer need the additional authorities?” It was a consultation. That is precisely what we have said all along. It was the responsible thing to do to invoke the Emergencies Act. If we want to be a government, we have to know how to protect Canadians, and that is what we did.
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Dane Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland, CPC)
  • Jun/9/22 2:32:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister's story keeps changing. Invoking the Emergencies Act set a precedent in our country's history. There is no room for the government to mislead, equivocate or to be misunderstood. Parliament was led to believe by the Minister of Public Safety that police asked the government to invoke the Emergencies Act, but now we know that is false. Will the minister show some humility and apologize to Canadians for his inaccurate statements?
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/22 2:32:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would think my colleague, the hon. member of this chamber, would have the humility to recognize the words I just said were not from the government but from the RCMP Commissioner in front of the committee, which he was privy to. He heard those words that the commissioner said, that the government consulted, which is exactly what we have said all along. We sought the advice of law enforcement on the powers that they needed to restore public safety. What we did in invoking the Emergencies Act was the responsible thing to do to protect Canadians' safety.
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