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House Hansard - 192

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 8, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • May/8/23 12:12:19 p.m.
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I do appreciate the additional information from the hon. opposition House leader, and we will be taking that into consideration as the decision to respond is made.
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • May/8/23 2:59:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, at their convention, the Liberals came up with a solution to the Chinese interference issue: stop the media from reporting on it. This was literally one of the resolutions that the Liberals passed last weekend. As they see it, the problem is not that China helped or threatened members and their families; the problem is that the media talks about it. It is disgraceful. To slough off the burden of dealing with Chinese interference, the Liberals have proposed a solution worthy of the Chinese Communist party. Can they assure that House that any consideration of this solution is out of the question?
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. Peter Julian
  • May/8/23 4:41:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a motion was moved in the House of Commons for an independent public inquiry. The NDP moved it, after having moved it at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. It was the NDP that did that. There were procedural problems, as members will recall. The Conservatives blocked the intervention on the motion. I thought that was rather unfortunate, but that is their right. Then, we moved the motion and it was adopted almost unanimously. Except for the Liberal Party, every independent MP and all the opposition parties voted in favour of the motion. I expect the special rapporteur to take this into consideration when he makes his recommendations in the next two weeks. I expect that when the special rapporteur makes these recommendations, the government will immediately call a national public inquiry. That is extremely important. That is what the NDP is working toward. That is our role in Parliament, and we will continue to carry out this role.
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