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House Hansard - 214

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 15, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Earl Dreeshen (Red Deer—Mountain View, CPC)
  • Jun/15/23 11:44:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am sure members would remember when we were in Centre Block, when something similar with Standing Orders came about. It was basically because the Liberals did not get up on a Monday morning, and the NDP had put a motion together. They did not get enough people to pass it, so the Speaker then had to actually get the vote so we could expand that. What happened then was that the Liberal Party decided to put together a motion to completely take away the role of the opposition. That was when we ended up with the “elbowgate” issue. The only reason that this motion stopped was because, for three days, people were going after the Prime Minister for his active role. As the members—
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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Earl Dreeshen
  • Jun/15/23 11:46:01 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on the same point of order. I apologize for that, but my reaction was to the time he took when he was speaking about the importance of Standing Orders. That was the relevance.
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