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House Hansard - 272

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 31, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Mr. Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.)
  • Jan/31/24 2:52:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister on our support for Ukraine. Ensuring Ukraine's victory is vital to Canada's security. Ukraine must win, otherwise Europe, the U.S. and Canada will be next in defending ourselves against Russia's aggression. Every Ukrainian fighting today is one less Canadian who will have to fight in the future. Every dollar we spend today means millions of dollars less that we will have to spend in the future. We understand this, but Conservatives continue to vote against support for Ukraine and against support for Canada's national security. Can the Prime Minister assure Canadians that this government will stand with the Ukrainian people until they win, until we all win?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jan/31/24 2:52:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member for Etobicoke Centre is right. Before the holidays, Canadians all witnessed the Leader of the Opposition forcing his caucus members to turn their backs on Ukraine. They turned their backs on fundamental Canadian principles and bowed down to the pro-Russian narrative. I know the leader will not change his mind, but Ukrainian-Canadians across the Prairies are hoping that at least some brave Conservative MPs will do the right thing and vote with their conscience and their principles. Let everyone in this House who stands with Ukraine stand up and be counted.
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
  • Jan/31/24 2:55:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Ukrainian Canadians from across the Prairies are begging their MPs to please stand up for Ukraine. Will they do that in the upcoming Canada-Ukraine free trade vote?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jan/31/24 2:58:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the Leader of the Opposition refers to Ukraine as some “faraway foreign land”, when he continues to insist that all of his MPs, including Ukrainian Canadian MPs, vote against a free trade agreement that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asking us to vote for, to support Ukraine, he cannot hide behind the kind of misinformation and disinformation that he regularly peddles. It is very simple. Will the members of the Conservative Party— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jan/31/24 3:01:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the leader of the official opposition has an opportunity to correct the record of him having called Ukraine a faraway foreign land by allowing his Ukrainian Canadian MPs, at the very least, to vote in favour of the renewal of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, which is coming up for a vote in the coming days. For those who choose to stand with Ukraine, it is an opportunity to stand in this House and be counted. Why is he muzzling his Ukrainian Canadian MPs?
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Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
  • Jan/31/24 3:03:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this House used to be united in its unequivocal support for Ukraine, and then the Leader of the Opposition disparagingly referred to Ukraine as a faraway foreign land, something for which he has not yet apologized, and demanded that all his MPs, including MPs from the Prairies, where there are strong Ukrainian Canadian populations, vote against a free trade deal that Volodymyr Zelenskyy has deliberately and directly asked Canadians to support. When will he stand up for Ukraine?
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