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House Hansard - 275

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 5, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 275 - Feb/5/24
Mr. René Villemure
  • Feb/5/24 6:01:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague's questions are always straight to the point and quite brilliant. What enables trust in a given environment? I would say that it is the ability to understand. If people want to understand, they need to be informed. Certainly, being presented with a bill, law, or treaty that is essentially a done deal does not allow us to engage with each other and make it our own. We can assess it, but we do not really own it. I believe that our aim here, in the house of democracy, must be to build trust. To do this, we need to be better at sharing information. The risk is quite simple: If we do not build trust, we breed mistrust. If we do not address mistrust, we end up with non-confidence.
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