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House Hansard - 117

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 25, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Oct/25/22 10:06:56 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of petitioners who recognize that the poisoned drug crisis is a public health emergency. They state and make clear that more than 26,690 people across the country have died opioid-related deaths and that groups like the Canadian Public Health Association have recommended drug decriminalization. As a result, the petitioners call on this House to declare a public health emergency due to these deaths, to reframe this crisis as a public health issue and not a criminal justice one, to take a comprehensive, multi-faced approach to this crisis, to listen to recommendations from those on the front lines and to decriminalize drugs across the country.
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Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Oct/25/22 11:04:24 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to pick up on a previous question asked by our colleague from Cowichan—Malahat—Langford. If we are going to make progress on the priorities of all Canadians, as the parliamentary secretary spoke about in his speech, we need to fix the way we elect members to the House. The only consistent outcomes of our current voting system are distorted results and disillusioned voters. We need proportional representation in this country. Can the parliamentary secretary comment on when the governing party will get serious about improving our democracy and following through on what it promised over 1,800 times, that the 2015 election would be the last under first past the post?
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Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Oct/25/22 11:54:23 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski for bringing some important commentary to today's conversation. I wonder, as other members have reflected, if the member would like to share more comments on the constitutional implications of how the motion before us would move forward if passed in this place.
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Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Oct/25/22 12:08:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that the member for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford again mentioned electoral reform in his speech. Some have inferred that electoral reform is separate from the pressing priorities of Canadians. I put it forward that for those who want meaningful action on climate, for example, it will be far more difficult to do so if we do not have the views of all Canadians represented in this place. Could the member comment on that?
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