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House Hansard - 276

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 6, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Mr. Brian Masse (Windsor West, NDP)
  • Feb/6/24 11:03:02 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the history of the culture and how we treat our workers at CBSA is terrible. The government has not improved it very much. In fact, there has been a constant problem with getting proper collective agreements on time. They are done just as the window of the agreement is done and they have to go back to negotiations. We are short thousands of workers; some during COVID and even before. On top of that, the government would not even give vaccinations to our frontline workers, despite them being on the front line every single day. I think it comes from a culture. I would like to offer the minister an opportunity to apologize. The member Derek Lee from Scarborough—Rouge River got up in this chamber and called our CBSA officers “wimps”. The Liberals have never apologized for that. I would like the minister to apologize for that or have we gotten past that point from the minister? Are they wimps or not?
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Hon. Arif Virani (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Feb/6/24 12:53:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the point of order raised earlier, I withdraw my comments and apologize.
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
The Speaker
  • Feb/6/24 3:10:34 p.m.
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I would like to apologize to the member for Brandon—Souris. I will invite the member to please start again, from the top.
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Mr. Damien Kurek
  • Feb/6/24 4:49:06 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member for Nunavut, who is entitled to the same rights and privileges we all have in this place was just insulted by the previous speaker, a parliamentary secretary for the Liberal Party. I believe that the member should apologize for demeaning her and her right to intervene in this place.
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Mr. Chris Bittle
  • Feb/6/24 4:50:36 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, just to clarify, I did directly answer the question of the member for Nunavut when she said that Toronto members were doing nothing about this. I stood up for Toronto members, as that was insulting to them. It is debate. I just responded that the member should speak to Toronto members about their actions. If she took offence at that, I do apologize.
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