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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23

Mrs. Élisabeth Brière (Sherbrooke, Lib.)

Apr/25/23 10:07:56 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition on behalf of some of my constituents, including Ms. Brouillette and Ms. Nguyen, two active citizens who are involved in Development and Peace. They came to deliver this petition to me in person. The petitioners are calling on the House of Commons to adopt legislation on due diligence for human and environmental rights that would require companies to prevent any negative impact on human and environmental rights throughout their global operations and supply chains, that would set out significant consequences for companies that fail to exercise adequate due diligence and report on it, and that would establish a statutory right for persons harmed to seek justice in Canadian courts.

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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23

Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Apr/25/23 10:29:29 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-47

Madam Speaker, I am happy to learn who this budget was meant for. Now I understand that it was meant for the citizens of Vaudreuil—Soulanges. I am happy to have heard my colleague’s speech. I invite the citizens of Vaudreuil—Soulanges to read the budget carefully and consider what the government means when it speaks of the environment, because the Liberals are still in favour of carbon capture and storage as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With regard to dental care, I also invite my colleague’s constituents to note that there is already a dental program in Quebec. The question I would like to ask my colleague from Vaudreuil—Soulanges concerns the Liberals’ commitment to make federal services more efficient. In 2022, money was set aside for this in the budget. This year, the Liberals committed to improving federal services and making them more efficient. I would like to know how that is going so far.

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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23

Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)

Apr/25/23 10:47:25 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-47

Madam Speaker, I was really struck by my hon. colleague talking about taxpayers being left to hold the bag. Let us talk about the bag that taxpayers have to hold for the leader of the Conservative Party's digs. It is a 19-room house at 9,500 square feet. He has a private chef and servants. Who is paying for that? It is not him. It is the taxpayers. There are two water metres at his house. One bill was $4,107 in April, and then there was a bill for $7,556 in June. What is this guy doing with all that water? There has been $1.4 million in repairs over 10 years, but then it costs $170,000 a year just to keep it clean for him. Let us not even talk about if someone gets invited to his summer parties. Canadians cannot afford this guy, and he has the gall to tell senior citizens that they should not be able to get free dental care. I am not buying that.

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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23

Mr. Garnett Genuis

Apr/25/23 10:26:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think we need to hear from the government tonight. That is one of the critically important aspects of this emergency debate. We do not have a lot of time, but we have time to hear from every party, including the government. We are going to hear, I hope, more detailed updates on the work the government is trying to do to assist those who are in a very challenging situation, those with connections to Canada, as well as to support the Sudanese people in general. However, certainly for those who are Canadian citizens and those with connections to Canada, we have an obligation to facilitate evacuation, where it is necessary, for the security of those people. We all agree that the government needs to take action. I want to be fair to the government in terms of saying this is probably not one of those situations where there was a long-running expectation of something happening, but, at the same time, we need to hold the government accountable to ensure that it follows through and is able to deliver quickly on the need to assist people. As I said in my comments, there is that short-term need and there are also the long-term issues.

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