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House Hansard - 191

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 4, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • May/4/23 2:44:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have to rise in my place because I think it is important for us to take a step back to recognize that, as Russia and China target this House and all democratic places everywhere, there is absolutely no question that the government, and any government in the history of Canada, would see a threat against any parliamentarian as anything other than a threat against every single person in the House. The assertion that anything else is the case is ridiculous. All of us stand firm and resolute against the threat to democracy. It is absolutely a threat against us all, and we will rise to the hour every time.
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • May/4/23 2:45:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we can agree on unequivocally is that it is disgusting— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland
  • May/4/23 2:45:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we can agree on unequivocally is that a target of a member of Parliament's family is an act beyond anything we can imagine. Every single one of us have dedicated our lives to democracy. We have seen ourselves— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland
  • May/4/23 2:46:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know how many members of the chamber have been named and targeted by Russia; the number is high. I do not know how many members have been targeted by other foreign powers, but I do know this: There are forces right now that would see democracy piled under the dirt and that would attack our democracy, and we need to stand shoulder to shoulder, as we do with the member for Wellington—Halton Hills.
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • May/4/23 3:04:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said to this House on many occasions, the member is right: The Prime Minister took a vacation with his family over Christmas. He did so, staying at a friend's house. Is the member asserting that the Prime Minister should not be able to take a vacation with his family at Christmas, or is the member asserting that if he does so he does not have security, which was the vast preponderance of the cost? It seems that the Conservatives want to torque and play partisan games with a family vacation that the Prime Minister took. That is inappropriate.
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • May/4/23 3:21:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me clarify that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities was actually informed by the Speaker that if she was not to apologize, then she would not be able to speak in the House. She did then go the next week and apologize, unequivocally, in the House. I understand that the opposition whip may not have been present when the member was in the House and did apologize, but the Speaker was very clear that if the member did not apologize, she would not be able to speak. Subsequent to what the member quoted, many days later, she rose in her place at the first opportunity, and she clearly and unequivocally apologized. I believe this was after we returned from a time in our constituencies.
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague on the other side for the question and the opportunity to illuminate the government's agenda for the coming week. On Monday, we will resume report stage debate of Bill S-5, which would amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. On Tuesday morning, we will call Bill C-42 regarding the Canada Business Corporations Act and then return to debate on Bill S-5 in the afternoon. On Wednesday and Friday, we will call Bill C-13, an act for substantive equity of Canada's official languages. Finally, I would like to inform the House that Thursday, May 11, shall be an allotted day.
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • May/4/23 5:27:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I request that the ordinary time of daily adjournment for the next sitting be 12 o'clock midnight pursuant to order made Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • May/4/23 5:28:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, I would further put forward that an agreement could not be reached under the provisions of Standing Order 78(1) or 78(2) with respect to the report stage and third reading of Bill S-5, an act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and to repeal the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act. Under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), I give notice that a minister of the Crown will propose at the next sitting a motion to allot a specific number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the proceedings at the respective stages of said bill.
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