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House Hansard - 131

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/21/22 12:07:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, I think it is reasonable for us to get as much time as we need to debate this bill. That is called parliamentary democracy. The opposition parties, or at least the Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois, noticed a few things missing from the economic update, such as support for seniors 65 and up and support for seasonal workers. Those workers contributed to EI, but now the number of qualifying hours they have to work to be eligible for EI benefits has changed. It is important to get the space we need to debate all that, share proposals with the government and potentially improve the bill. I could hardly believe my ears when I heard the Minister of National Revenue express astonishment that the opposition parties do not want to rush this bill through and are not supportive of the time allocation motion. She accused them of being mentally unstable. That is pretty serious. The minister said that last spring in response to an opposition colleague, and she did it again on a local radio station in Gaspé. I wonder if my colleague supports those statements and agrees with her.
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud
  • Nov/21/22 12:20:03 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Madam Speaker, the House adopted a motion last week to allow sitting hours to be extended until midnight. To justify this abuse of process, the government said that it was to limit the use of time allocation motions. We can see today that it was all a sham. Can the minister confirm that the Liberal Party was once again taking us for a ride?
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/21/22 2:57:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, coming out of COP27, the Minister of Environment said that he was disappointed that we were unable to make more progress, but it is his fault if we have not. He fought to prevent countries from adding the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels to the final declaration. He censored countries that wanted to recognize the obvious fact that we need to reduce our dependence on oil and gas. Is Canada's role in the fight against climate change to censor countries that actually want to win that fight?
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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/21/22 2:58:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, at the same time that the Minister of the Environment was censoring the planet at COP27, Canada was continuing its efforts to turn Newfoundland into an oil Klondike. Five oil companies have been allowed to explore around Bay du Nord for new deposits. The Liberals have the nerve to justify this by saying that we will always need oil for derivative products like oil for bicycle chains and latex gloves. I am not joking. That is what the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment said. Can the minister tell us how many jars of Vaseline will have to be produced in order to use up the billions of barrels of oil they want to extract in Newfoundland?
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