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House Hansard - 299

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 15, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 299 - Apr/15/24
Mr. Mario Simard
  • Apr/15/24 1:27:27 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am not sure whether my colleague listened to my entire speech, but I had a lot to say about the Conservatives' bad faith. I experienced the Conservatives' bad faith in committee, and I do not consider it the right approach. The government could also have done things differently. The just transition is a political project that I support. Amendments could have been put forward to seek a strong consensus within civil society. I had many meetings with environmental groups and members of the labour movement. We could have reached a broader consensus and maybe then have pressured our Conservative colleagues to make them listen to reason. I think we could have done a better job on many levels. I do not believe that invoking closure is ever a good thing.
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Context: House Hansard - 299 - Apr/15/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Alexandra Mendès)
  • Apr/15/24 3:56:58 p.m.
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The hon. member knows there is a lot of latitude on relevance. The hon. member has 20 minutes for his speech, and there is lots of time to get there. The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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Context: House Hansard - 299 - Apr/15/24
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Apr/15/24 5:10:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague gave an incredible speech, and she has raised the issues of her constituents. New Democrats have tried for a very long time to expand the number of countries that we are looking at with regard to foreign interference, because we understand that it is an issue not just with China. It is an issue with many countries, like Russia and Iran, that have influence and political interference in our communities, in our neighbourhoods and our country from coast to coast to coast. We know there have been parties in the House that have not wanted us to look at that, have not wanted to expand that, but we are looking at political interference, and that is what we heard so clearly in the member's speech. Can you explain why some parties did not want to include countries like Iran in looking at foreign interference?
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Context: House Hansard - 299 - Apr/15/24
Mr. Marty Morantz
  • Apr/15/24 6:03:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to say one thing that I did not have the chance to say in my main speech. It was published today that the foreign affairs minister was speaking with her counterpart in Israel. She said to him, “take the win”. Can members imagine? I wonder what my friend from Winnipeg North would say if this happened in Canada, around Winnipeg. Should we de-escalate? Should we just take the win? We happen to have the technology to knock them down. With friends like these Liberals, who needs enemies?
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