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House Hansard - 93

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Jun/21/22 11:00:09 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I have said this before: We have two bloc parties in the House of Commons, the Bloc Québécois and the “block everything” party. The Conservative Party has been systematically blocking everything over the course of the last few months, refusing to let through even bills that people are looking for. We are talking about teachers looking for tax credits. We have been besieged by letters throughout the course of the last few months. The Conservatives have said that nothing is going to pass at all. They do not even want bills to go to committee for improvements or, when they do go to committee, for amendments to be considered. It has been absolute chaos because of the Conservatives. Why have the Conservatives wanted to block everything? Why would they not seek to go to committee so that we could hear from witnesses?
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:06:47 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, we saw this with Bill C-11: Conservatives blocking witnesses at committee, blocking the tabling of amendments, blocking systematically improvements that needed to come to Bill C-11. Fortunately, we were able to— An hon. member: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:07:32 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, but, quite frankly, “sticks and stones”. We have seen the Conservatives' antics for the last six months and what they say does not bother me at all. What they do, though, does bother me, and this is what we saw at the committee level—
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:08:38 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, hopefully the Conservatives will not interrupt a third or fourth or fifth time. It just proves my point of how disruptive they have been. They have abandoned their voters and come to the House and they just cause chaos. That is what they seem to think their role is, and it is tragic. We saw that at committee, and now they are blocking a bill that needs to go to committee for improvements. There is no doubt that there needs to be work done and witnesses need to be heard from. Why are Conservatives refusing to have the legislative process that allows for due consideration for witnesses, for amendments and for improvements on a bill?
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:13:52 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, we need to talk about the question from the member for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert. Obviously, Quebeckers are watching and listening to the NDP's questions, because we are seeing growing support in Quebec polls. As my colleagues know, if we had proportional representation—
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:14:52 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, Bloc and Conservative members are so sensitive. It is incredible.
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Jun/21/22 11:15:25 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. You do an excellent job. I know that it is not easy when there are parties that are blocking everything and that do not want to co-operate. You do an excellent job, and I thank you on behalf of all Canadians. In my opinion, there is an unhealthy dynamic here. Some members are blocking everything. They do not want things to move forward. They do not want anything to be studied in committee. They do not want to hear from witnesses. They do not want any subamendments to be proposed and they do not want the bills to be improved. I have a simple question for my colleague. Why are these parties refusing to improve the bills?
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Jun/21/22 1:45:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I always enjoy hearing the member for Brandon—Souris speak and I have enjoyed my conversations with him as we have travelled across the country back and forth. He said that the Conservatives are anti-crime, and I believe that, but there is a question that perplexes me. He knows, as he has been in the House for a long time, that when the Harper government was in power, it destroyed, gutted, the crime prevention programs right across the country. In British Columbia, we had a very active crime prevention sector. It was gutted and eliminated, and it does not make sense, because for every dollar we invest in crime prevention, we save $6 in policing costs, in court costs and in jail costs. Putting in place effective crime prevention strategies and funding them adequately actually makes a great deal of sense. Why did the Conservatives do that? Why did they gut crime prevention programs when we know they are very cost-effective and help to reduce crime?
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