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House Hansard - 211

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 12, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
  • Jun/12/23 9:12:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talks a great deal about partisanship. However, this is the first time that a party has tried to change a fundamental aspect of House operations without the unanimous consent of the House. Other changes were started and then stopped due to a lack of unanimous consent in the House. Why do the Liberals want to impose such a major change this time, without even coming to discuss it with our House leader?
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
  • Jun/12/23 10:26:07 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to ask this question, which I was very keen to ask. In his speech, my colleague talked about lofty values and democracy. I would like him to come down from the clouds and talk about where much of the democratic work really happens in Parliament, which is in committees. I would like to talk to him about this reality, because I have the pleasure and honour of sitting on a committee in this Parliament. Perhaps he does not. I wanted to tell him that, with the hybrid Parliament, not only do committees have to sit after 5:30 p.m., but they also sit on Fridays. This is not at all convenient for a young mother like me. This is due to technical reasons. Because of the hybrid Parliament, technical and language resources are limited. This system is so perfect that two of the opposition parties oppose it. Does the member know how many committees have been cancelled or cut short today alone because of insufficient resources owing to the hybrid Parliament?
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
  • Jun/12/23 11:31:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my hon. colleague for her excellent speech, which stands out from the other speeches that were all about lofty theories and the broad principles of modernization. She showed us what real democracy is. It means taking care of one another above all else. That is what she was doing when she was talking about the interpreters. I know that work-life balance is very important to her as a mother and grandmother. As a mother myself, I would like to get her perspective.
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