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House Hansard - 247

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 6, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 3:19:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on that same point, I just want to confirm that at no time when the mace has been on the table have I ever taken a video in the House. I am fully aware of the rules.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 3:58:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, once again, I have another petition on the same subject. They keep coming into my office. This petition has to do with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Petitioners identify what is well known in terms of the impacts of climate change in Canada, including flooding, wildfires and extreme temperatures. They are quite aware of the Government of Canada's commitment to reducing global warming to 1.5°C. They specifically call on the Government of Canada to move forward immediately with bold emissions caps for the oil and gas sector that are comprehensive in scope and realistic in achieving the necessary targets Canada has set to reduce emissions by 2030.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 4:26:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am struggling to find any kind of link between what the member is talking about and the bill that is before the House right now. We have had a number of opportunities to discuss the subject that he is trying to discuss but, right now, we are talking about this bill. Perhaps you could encourage him to get back to the subject at hand.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 4:31:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. This is sometimes what happens when members are just reading speeches that are given to them that are written by staffers who perhaps do not know the rules of the House, but the member just said the Prime Minister's name in the context of it being “the [Prime Minister]'s Canada”. Perhaps the member should inform those who are writing his speeches how the rules of the House work so that this does not happen again.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 4:55:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I certainly always enjoy listening to the comments from the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands. She must admit, though, that she is aware of the fact that there are a lot of procedural games that go on in the House, which puts the government in a position that, in order to be able to do anything, unfortunately, the reality is that time allocation has to be brought in on certain bills. I think of the Canadian free trade agreement with Ukraine. Every time the bill is scheduled to come up, Conservatives put forward a concurrence motion that is preventing us from being able to let it. If we left it to the Conservatives to always dictate, and I know that Conservatives are heckling me right now and we are not even discussing that bill, we would never even get to the opportunity to pass that very important piece of legislation for Ukraine. I am wondering whether she could at least acknowledge the fact that she understands the position we are in and that we have to do this from time to time.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 5:01:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I know that from time to time there are technical difficulties when voting, and we seem to have established a practice of allowing members to register their votes. I note that the last request came a significant amount of time after the fact, but I believe if you seek it, you would find unanimous consent to allow the member for Fundy Royal to cast his vote in favour.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 5:12:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, correct me if I am wrong, but I heard the member say that he was the government that pushed David Johnston into a position of excusing himself from his responsibilities. If I remember correctly, and maybe the member can remind me, did the member and the Conservative Party not continuously call for that resignation? Am I forgetting something? I am pretty sure the pressure was primarily coming from the Conservative Party of Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 5:48:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Conservatives go to great lengths to remind us of the ruling that was made by the Chair recently on what is expected with respect to decorum. In particular, one of the things the Speaker identified in that process was using fake names for people in this House. Therefore, when the member makes comments like the “minister of broken promises”, or whatever he just said, he is clearly violating the rules that you have put in place and I would ask you to ask him—
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 5:58:50 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, is the member saying that because a minister might be from one province, they would not have the capacity to represent the entire country and the interests of the entire country? Are we led to believe it is impossible for somebody who represents one particular region to represent the entire country? Is that not how we have been operating since Confederation?
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 6:41:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I heard the member reference that some countries are taking advantage of Canada. When he said that, I could not help but reflect on when I heard the member for Cumberland—Colchester suggest that Canada was taking advantage of Ukraine. Does the member believe that Canada is taking advantage of Ukraine?
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 6:58:44 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would ask for a recorded vote.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 6:59:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we request a recorded division.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/6/23 6:59:58 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe that, if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 7:12 p.m., so we could start Adjournment Proceedings.
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