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House Hansard - 87

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/22 2:23:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to be absolutely clear that we invoked the Emergencies Act because it was necessary to protect the health and safety of Canadians. As we heard from Commissioner Lucki herself during her testimony before the committee, the Emergencies Act was necessary. I wonder when the Conservatives are going to finally offer their sincere apologies to the residents of Ottawa, who, during the protest, were encouraged to stay by the interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. It was wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock, CPC)
  • Jun/13/22 2:31:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Public Safety keeps telling us that the government only invoked the Emergencies Act after it was requested by police. We know from testimony that the police never requested the Emergencies Act, just as we know the government has not been transparent on the special forces spy flight over the protest. None of this was necessary. How does the minister explain away his story being so different from those of senior police officials and his own deputy minister?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock, CPC)
  • Jun/13/22 2:33:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, according to the government, the special forces spy flight over the Ottawa protest was just training. I wonder where that data went. The minister said the Emergencies Act was justified because of an attempt at arson, which was not so, and because the protest was significantly foreign funded, which was also not so. As well, police never asked for the invocation of the act. When will the government admit that the Emergencies Act was a power grab overreach to stifle legitimate, democratic dissent?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mr. Bryan May
  • Jun/13/22 2:34:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as we have told this House many times, the flight in question was part of a Canadian Armed Forces training exercise that was planned prior to and unrelated to the convoy protest. This training had nothing to do with the illegal blockade.
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