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House Hansard - 295

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 8, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
The Deputy Speaker
  • Apr/8/24 5:45:31 p.m.
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That seems to be the procedure we have accepted over the last little bit, if not the normal procedure. We will wait for other members to make interventions on this issue, if that is a requirement. We will look at this fully in due time.
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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mr. Gord Johns
  • Apr/8/24 7:16:59 p.m.
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Madam Chair, here we are again, and it is back to the same old blaming and pointing of fingers. For 42 years, Conservative and Liberal governments have been failing the forestry sector miserably and eroding our market share in the United States. This is causing inflation for American citizens. Most Americans are not even aware that the lobbyists who are blocking this are actually causing more harm to their own people. Does my colleague agree that Canada needs to do a better job of educating American citizens about the impact of this dispute? As well, does my colleague agree that there has not really been a team Canada approach? We have not been flooding the United States and those states that are impacted with information. Does he believe that we need to have a full-court press on this issue?
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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mr. Eric Melillo
  • Apr/8/24 7:57:45 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I think a very good point was raised. It is something that is urgent for people in northern Ontario, Quebec and right across the country, but the government has really been dragging its heels on this. The member points out a very obvious example. The fact that we are even here debating it all this time later, after eight years, is perhaps the greatest example of all that the government has been largely ignoring this issue and has been absent from this issue. As I said, even if we take the government's word for it that it has been working on it, then it is clearly incapable of delivering on this issue because it has had eight years to get it done. It is definitely time for change. The Conservatives are going to bring it home.
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