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House Hansard - 88

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/14/22 2:21:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians should be able to trust that what their government tells them is the truth. Telling the truth is especially important when setting the serious precedent of invoking the Emergencies Act. We now know the Minister of Public Safety has been misleading Canadians. No police force asked for the act. He knows it. We all know it. There was no misunderstanding. The minister has lost credibility and trust. Will the Prime Minister do the right thing and ask the Minister of Public Safety to step away from his duties?
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/14/22 2:23:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is no misunderstanding, and this is too important to try to skew the words. This is vitally important. No police officers or agencies asked for the act to be invoked. The Minister of Public Safety said that they did. He was not telling the truth. He misled Canadians. He cannot be trusted. He has lost the confidence of this House to do his job. Has he lost the confidence of the Prime Minister? Will the Prime Minister ask him to resign?
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/14/22 2:24:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister has abdicated and failed in his responsibility to be truthful with Canadians. He is a lawyer and a former federal prosecutor. He knows full well how to choose his words carefully. He knows full well how to be precise in his language, yet he said over and over again that law enforcement requested the Emergencies Act. Those were his words. We now know his words were not true. How can the Prime Minister have any faith in the minister? Will he ask the minister to resign?
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/14/22 2:25:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our responsibility is to stand up for Canadians who have been misled by the minister. Canadians were shocked and disgusted to learn that last weekend, the Minister of Foreign Affairs sent one of her delegates to share champagne and caviar with Russian diplomats. While Putin and his thugs continue an unjustified and violent war on innocent civilians in Ukraine, can the Prime Minister tell us how, in the name of everything that is good, did he allow this to happen? We are supposed to be friends of Ukraine. Why did his minister send one of her delegates to party with Russian diplomats, who are still being allowed to stay in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Hon. Candice Bergen (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/14/22 2:26:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, his minister is either incompetent or complicit in what happened, maybe both. Either way, it is a complete failure on behalf of the Liberals. Canadians expect that their Minister of Foreign Affairs will lead by example, by condemning and isolating Putin's regime, not sending senior officials to party at the Russian embassy. The Prime Minister and his foreign affairs minister claim to be great friends of Ukraine. I hope he apologized to President Zelenskyy, because what kind of friend sends a delegate to their enemy's house to enjoy champagne and caviar?
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