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House Hansard - 228

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 3, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
The Presiding Officer (Hon. Louis Plamondon)
  • Oct/3/23 10:04:56 a.m.
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Further to that statement, the list of candidates is revised accordingly. Pursuant to Standing Order 3.1, the House must proceed to the speeches from each candidate for Speaker. Notwithstanding any Standing Order, any procedure or any practice adopted by this House, and to help the newly elected members identify the candidates for the office of Speaker, I will recognize in alphabetical order each candidate by name and electoral district. When the last candidate to address the House completes his or her speech, I will leave the chair for 30 minutes, after which members will proceed to the election of the Speaker. I will now call upon Mr. Sean Casey, the hon. member for Charlottetown, to speak for not more than five minutes.
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Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
Mr. Jacques Gourde (Lévis—Lotbinière, CPC)
  • Oct/3/23 4:14:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, congratulations on your election to the chair. After eight years in power, the Liberal government is trying to control freedom of speech in Canada. Granting too much power to the CRTC will limit the right to disclose what Canadians think and what they want to share on social media. This government is going too far. Most importantly, it is pushing too hard to restrict freedom of expression. If this is not Liberal control then what is?
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Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)
  • Oct/3/23 4:40:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Madam Speaker, I listened intently to my colleague's speech. He talked about the Nostradamus prediction that would equate to what the leader of the Conservative Party said. I am wondering if he would like to reflect more on comments we have made. As Conservatives, we have known all the time that living within our means is the responsible way to do government. The previous prime minister, Stephen Harper, said that the deficits this current administration would run would not be small but would in fact be out of control. I think the words were “He has no idea what he is talking about”, in reference to the current Prime Minister. I wonder if my colleague could reflect on those comments and how true they are.
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Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
Ms. Jennifer O'Connell
  • Oct/3/23 6:39:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak once again on this important issue. We have already identified that we will be moving forward with a foreign agent registry. We have mentioned many steps we are taking to protect our democracy, as it is incredibly important to us. It is not new to Canada. What I find interesting about the member opposite's speech is that just some weeks ago, we had a very serious presentation by the Prime Minister on very serious allegations about questions of democracy and about the murder of a Canadian taking place on Canadian soil. We had a take-note debate, and on those grounds of an attempted foreign interference in our democracy, why were Conservatives silent in that debate? Why has the member opposite not even mentioned what has happened here or the potential impacts of India's involvement in that murder?
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