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House Hansard - 124

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 11:01:24 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Unfortunately, I agree with very little of what he said. His speech paints a very rosy picture of the assistance provided by the government. My colleague sat on the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs when it analyzed the situation and when the report containing nine recommendations was tabled in 2019. Would he agree that three years later none of these recommendations have been implemented?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 12:56:48 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague very much. I was very touched by his speech. It was one of his great speeches, and it is a real pleasure to work with him on the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. I am reminded of something that happens every year. On November 11, we all go and lay wreaths and pay tribute to our veterans. Then the next day, we are back in the House, back in committee, trying to move things forward but not getting anywhere. I am not saying that things were better or would be better under a Conservative government, but we have here a report with great recommendations and none of them have been implemented. Would my colleague care to comment on that?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Hon. Greg Fergus (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Nov/3/22 6:20:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Winnipeg for his speech. I would also like to thank him for telling Canadians what parts of the fall economic statement resonate with him. That is different. It is important that all parties have the chance to explain to what extent they agree and whether there is any common ground between their party and mine. I would like to ask my colleague a very short and straightforward question. Does he think that the Minister of Finance's economic statement is sufficient for him to vote in favour of it?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 6:24:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the member for Elmwood—Transcona on his whole speech. I would like to pick up on the first part of his speech, in which he talked about respect. That is an important concept because we are here to debate ideas. We all have our convictions. We are moved by an ideology, but we have convictions. The thing about convictions, raw convictions, is that they do not bother to consider the consequences. The resulting debate tends to be fruitless. The next level up is responsibility, which is concerned with the consequences of convictions. What the member did earlier was take the next step and engage in discourse ethics, which means laying down arms, demonstrating mutual respect and advocating for our ideas in a civilized manner. That is what I heard in the first part of his speech. Here is my question for him. What are the risks of failing to promote respect and veering increasingly toward incivility?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Nov/3/22 6:41:26 p.m.
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We now have quorum, and I would ask the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands to continue with her speech.
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