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House Hansard - 247

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 6, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
  • Nov/6/23 1:47:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Mr. Speaker, I listened very carefully to the member's speech. Perhaps he could explain further the extent to which the government has failed to take Canada's national security seriously and necessitated this. The review is long overdue and the threat environment has changed, but this bill, if passed, would in some ways force the government to do things that it ought to have had enough sense to do in the first place. Could the member comment?
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Nov/6/23 4:32:02 p.m.
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I am sure the hon. member cannot prove for sure who has written the speech. The hon. member mentioned the Prime Minister's name. I would ask him to please be careful and ensure that he is not mentioning the name of parliamentarians who sit in the House. I know that does slip from time to time and I think it is done on both sides of the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Greg McLean
  • Nov/6/23 4:32:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would ask that you ask the member for Kingston and the Islands to withdraw his comment. I know it is the practice on one side of the House to just read canned speeches, but I know this member, and I know he wrote that speech. I know he writes all his speeches, just as most of our members do. I would ask the Speaker to kindly ask him to withdraw that comment, which was meant to put down one of my colleagues on this side of the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Nov/6/23 4:56:08 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Madam Speaker, of course, I empathize, but I cannot understand. I do not like our rules' being abused constantly to bring in forced closure on debate to speed things along. The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands will know that I think the solution lies in applying all of our rules. It is against our rules in this place, as it is against the rules of the Parliament of Westminster in the U.K., to read a written speech. If we did not have written speeches handed out to members, we would have fewer speeches about every bill, because fewer members of Parliament would be prepared to speak from rough notes without somebody else putting the words in their mouth. That would speed things up. I understand and I empathize, but I plead with the government not to keep doing this, because too many members are going to assume that this is the way it is done. No matter who is sitting in the Prime Minister's chair, we continue to see democracy eroded in Parliament.
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