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House Hansard - 116

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 24, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 116 - Oct/24/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Oct/24/22 7:08:02 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, with all due respect, I have to disagree with my colleague about the timing of this discussion. As I listened to him, I wondered how many more people have to be raped and abused in concentration camps and how many more organs have to be stolen before we realize it is time to adopt this motion so that 10,000 to 15,000 people can have the rights enshrined in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and see their children grow up and live with hope.
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Context: House Hansard - 116 - Oct/24/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Oct/24/22 8:07:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I agree with what my colleague is saying about human rights. Indeed, human rights are the rights of all humans, not just those we feel like having as friends. When my colleague was speaking, I was thinking about Sun Tzu and his treatise, The Art of War. I do not know it by heart, but I know some passages, including the one where Sun Tzu suggests to the great and powerful that they not rely too much on their great power because they might be surprised and this could end up working against them. It seems that everyone fears China, the great superpower. How can we convince others that, in spite of everything, the overreach of a superpower can work against it and we really have to help people in a tangible way?
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Context: House Hansard - 116 - Oct/24/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Oct/24/22 6:35:48 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for that commonsensical speech. I know how important health is to him. I know how much he wants to see his children, his grandchildren and perhaps, with luck, his great-grandchildren grow up and be happy in a world where their health is not constantly at risk. In his speech, he talked about wording that is vague and, yes, some of it is vague. What suggestions would he make in committee to tighten things up so the bill is clearer and can be implemented more quickly?
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