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House Hansard - 211

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 12, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Mr. Clifford Small
  • Jun/12/23 10:04:19 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to do a quorum call.
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Mr. Clifford Small
  • Jun/12/23 10:04:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think one of these screens should show the people who are online, so that when we—
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Mr. Clifford Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, CPC)
  • Jun/12/23 10:31:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I heard my hon. colleague reference when he was in opposition and counting ministers on the government side. We would not be able to count them now in the front bench. It is absolutely empty.
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Mr. Clifford Small
  • Jun/12/23 10:31:43 p.m.
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I am sorry, Madam Speaker. I will take that back. Just the same, it will not be long before the member for Winnipeg North is back over on this side and counting again. All jokes aside, can members imagine what this place would be without him? He shows up here. I wonder if in some way he asks himself whether he is making other colleagues feel bad because they are online all the time. I was talking with Kevin earlier—
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Mr. Clifford Small
  • Jun/12/23 10:32:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, when I was outside earlier I was talking to him as I was coming in and Kevin said to me, “We've got to show up, we've got to go to work and we've got to come here.” They do not want to come here to protect an empty building, so folks like them have to come to work. Our constituents expect us to come to work. Kevin expects us to come to work. The member for Winnipeg North does not expect us to come to work, but he comes to work himself. I wonder how he thinks this hybrid Parliament makes the general public in Canada feel about our not coming to work. Does he think we are not getting paid enough to come to work?
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