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House Hansard - 87

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Jun/13/22 2:19:25 p.m.
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We shall see, Mr. Speaker. On April 28, the Minister of Public Safety said, and I quote, “the invocation of the Emergencies Act...was only put forward after police officials told us they needed this special power”. No police service acknowledges having asked for the Emergencies Act. Are the minister and the Prime Minister both insisting that police asked the government to invoke the Emergencies Act?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/22 2:19:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we invoked the Emergencies Act to keep Canadians safe. It was the right thing to do. Commissioner Lucki herself testified that the Emergencies Act gave them the tools they needed to get the job done fast. Let us be clear. The government decided to invoke the Emergencies Act. That decision was informed by advice we got. We consulted police forces on various issues, including, as Commissioner Lucki said, on the powers in the Emergencies Act that were necessary.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/22 2:22:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to come to that, but before I do, I want to call out the hon. member for using Mr. Putin in this chamber regarding the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. It debases this place, it debases what is going on in Ukraine and it is absolutely wrong. He should be admonished for it. He should take back that comment. That is not what this chamber stands for.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Jun/13/22 2:48:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals insist the police asked them to invoke the Emergencies Act. Police forces say they never asked. The Liberals insist the Act was needed in order to tow the trucks away, which is not the case, as all border blockades were resolved beforehand and it was the province that leveraged the licences of tow truck owners to get their co-operation. The allegations about Russian and foreign funding were false, and the accusations of arson were also false. Will the Prime Minister admit that invoking the Emergencies Act was just to punish those who do not agree with him?
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