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House Hansard - 192

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 8, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • May/8/23 2:02:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, human beings and justice were fundamentally important in the life of Joane Vandal, who headed Équijustice Lanaudière Sud for 36 years. In carrying out her mission of making our society fairer and more equitable, Joane was never afraid to think outside the box. She was highly committed to advocating for community mediation and restorative justice. She worked alongside the traditional system to ensure that victims obtained reparation for the harm suffered and offenders accepted responsibility for the harm they caused. Victims and offenders who wanted to use this approach found themselves at the same table with Joane. Faced with horrible situations, from sexual assault to homicide, Joane managed to shepherd people towards healing and always with care for others. Her former colleagues consider her a she-wolf who cares for her pack, and they are proud to carry on her work. I wish Joane all the best in her well-deserved retirement. I thank her for her decades of service to others and for having prepared her successors so well.
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • May/8/23 6:02:23 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the government admits that the Speaker of the House made the right ruling today. It is worth mentioning, but certainly a lot of questions remain unanswered. Why did this take so long? Why did they sidetrack the debate by appointing Mr. Johnston? Why not take the bull by the horns, as the saying goes? Does my colleague agree that if this had been the case, we could have saved a lot of time in the House and we could have debated several other topics that directly affect our constituents, such as health, seniors, and climate change?
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • May/8/23 7:36:37 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Winnipeg North for his long speech. He clearly has a solid understanding of the objectives of foreign interference. However, he started his speech by discussing the importance of resolving this issue. I agree with him completely, but I think that the reason we are bogged down with this issue today is that the government utterly failed to take action, even though the member for Wellington—Halton Hills started asking for a robust plan as far back as 2020. If not for the government's inaction, we could have spent the day talking about inflation, health, seniors or climate change. Instead, because of the government's inaction, we are stuck discussing this issue. I doubt the member will agree with my statement.
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