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House Hansard - 280

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 12, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/12/24 12:33:48 p.m.
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Order. I would ask members who wish to engage to please wait for the period for questions and comments to do that. The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/12/24 12:34:52 p.m.
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I want to remind members who want to participate in the debate that they should wait until it is time for questions and comments. I am referring to the laughing, heckling and comments. The hon. parliamentary secretary has the floor.
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
Mr. Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, NDP)
Madam Speaker, this is obviously a week when the House of Commons as a whole has to step up to the plate because we really only have two sitting weeks left on the parliamentary schedule until the March 17 deadline. That being said, I think it is worth it for us to remember why we are here. We have to go back to Bill C-7 and the Liberal government's 11th hour, inexplicable decision to accept a very consequential Senate amendment to it, which got us into this mess in the first place. The Senate changed the law without having done the proper research and consultations. Ever since, it feels like we have been playing a game of catch-up. That is why Bill C-39 was necessary last year, and why we have found ourselves in the same situation with Bill C-62. Is the parliamentary secretary prepared to accept some responsibility on behalf of his government and issue an apology for setting that arbitrary deadline and getting us into the mess we now find ourselves in?
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Feb/12/24 12:48:39 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary can be an animated speaker, quite like myself, but he took the time to be very selective in his words to properly represent his constituents and his view. An hon. member: Oh, oh! Mr. Mark Gerretsen: Madam Speaker, I am already being heckled. What I found— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Feb/12/24 12:50:05 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am wondering if the parliamentary secretary could provide his comments on whether he thinks that people who make comments like that should even be participating in a debate like this.
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/12/24 4:50:03 p.m.
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I just want to remind members that there will be an opportunity for questions and comments. I know this is a very important issue, as well as a very passionate issue. I would just ask members to please wait for the appropriate time to make comments or to ask questions. The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
Mr. Brian Masse
  • Feb/12/24 4:50:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, it is offensive that a parliamentary secretary refers to other members having to reflect on themselves, especially when he can park that himself—
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/12/24 4:53:16 p.m.
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Again, I just want to remind members that there are opportunities for questions and comments. These are points of debate. The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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