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House Hansard - 304

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 29, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 304 - Apr/29/24
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Apr/29/24 3:03:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this government's policies have been focused on promoting diversity, respect and equality among all Canadians. On that side of the House, however, we learned last week that the Leader of the Opposition visited an encampment set up by individuals linked to extreme far-right groups like Diagolon. CSIS says Diagolon encourages and inspires serious violence, yet the Conservative leader is refusing to denounce it or apologize for engaging with it. Can the government please reiterate how we will keep Canadians safe from extreme groups and what our responsibilities are as political leaders?
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Context: House Hansard - 304 - Apr/29/24
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Apr/29/24 5:59:22 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I listened to the member talk about energy in this country, and I hear Conservatives talk in this way all the time. I just want to understand what he means. Conservatives always say that the government is anti-energy, but, in reality, we are in favour of looking at various different forms of energy. Conservatives talk about energy as though the only possible form involves fossil fuels. Can the member explain to the House why Conservatives do not regard renewables and other cleaner forms of energy as “energy”? If they did, they would not use this anti-energy narrative.
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Context: House Hansard - 304 - Apr/29/24
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)
  • Apr/29/24 8:14:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in the time I have, I am going to identify what I see as some myths that have unfortunately been created in the dialogue around this piece of legislation. One of those myths is that there is no data to support the need for the changes the government is making in the NHP program. In reality, in two years, Health Canada has received reports of over a thousand adverse reactions where NHPs had a suspected role, of which 772 were serious; they either required hospitalization or were life-threatening. Here is another fact to back up that myth not being true. A recent audit found that 88% of sample NHPs were advertised with false and misleading product information, and 56% had misleading label information. I look forward to continuing this later.
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