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House Hansard - 132

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 22, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 132 - Nov/22/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Nov/22/22 11:03:59 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very informative speech. He clearly knows a lot about this issue. I would like to take him in another direction and ask him a question about the importance of having an independent complaints management committee in various areas. I think that is really important. Here in the House, we worked on setting up a similar committee to deal with sexual harassment complaints in the army, but it never went anywhere. Even though Justice Deschamps issued a report in 2015, such a committee has not been set up while the Liberals have been in office. However, the government took action right away on the complaints by female Swimming Canada team members. An independent committee to handle complaints was set up. That is really important, and we see that in this bill. I would like my colleague to talk a bit more about the importance of having an independent committee, outside the community in question, to handle complaints in certain cases.
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Context: House Hansard - 132 - Nov/22/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/22/22 12:35:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. She cited many examples of past complaints to the Canada Border Services Agency. I know that there have been complaints about sexual harassment and even about sexual assault. These are serious complaints. As my colleague said, when an agency investigates itself, there is little chance of a result or a reply to the complainants. I wonder whether she believes that the creation of this independent commission will ensure that this does not happen again, as we hope, but also that people who file complaints for important reasons, such as sexual assault, will get to see the process lead to corrective action.
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