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Hon. Mike Lake

Member of Parliament
Conservative

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin
Alberta
Voting Attendance: 65%
Expenses Last Quarter: $178,671.82

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May/8/23 11:32:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, well, I will point out, just because this summarizes exactly what the situation has been today, that an hon. Liberal member just said, in his heckle to the group about his colleague from Kingston and the Islands, that he is doing a good job, that he is doing a good job because he is pissing all of us off. That is what he just said in his heckle across the way. This is the dynamic we have seen in the House for the last few days of debate. The hon. member for Kingston and the Islands will forgive me if I do not take the time to read every single word that he says, every single point of order that he has raised over the last few days. I have got other things to do in serving my constituents. I will point this out, in regard to the Prime Minister. The defence has been that the Prime Minister did not know. I think it is relevant to ask why the Prime Minister did not know. What kind of government is the Prime Minister leading, where a foreign diplomat can be running around the country for two years, and the public service all knows, but the Prime Minister and nobody in his government knows? What kind of government is that Prime Minister leading?

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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23

Hon. Mike Lake

May/4/23 12:44:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there are four main elements of the motion. There is some preamble, which is really important, but the four main elements speak to things that should be universally supported. I think Canadians across the country will support them and I am glad to hear that the NDP and Bloc support them as well. The four elements are: creating a foreign agent registry similar to Australia and the U.S.; having a national public inquiry, which seems like common sense given the circumstance that we are in right now; closing down foreign run police stations, which should be a pretty easy thing for us to agree on; and, finally, expelling the People's Republic of China diplomats responsible for and involved in these affronts to Canadian democracy. Hopefully, we can all agree on those things.

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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23

Hon. Mike Lake (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, CPC)

May/4/23 12:25:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member for New Westminster—Burnaby kind of touched on this as a long-serving member of the House. I want to also express my solidarity and my admiration for the Conservative member for Wellington—Halton Hills, whom we have been talking a lot about this morning. Perhaps members from all sides can recognize the important contributions that member has made over the years to this place and to our country. I also want to recognize that the member of Parliament for Vancouver East gave a very heartfelt and personal speech as well today, which might have been a bit missed because of some of the chaos going on because of some of the comments made earlier by two Liberal members of Parliament, which I am going to get to in a second. Quite honestly, I am astonished we are even here today. I am astonished, because when I take a look at the language in this motion, I just cannot believe that any of this at this point in time has not already been done. I cannot believe that we do not have a foreign agent registry. It is astonishing that we have not had a national public inquiry started on the matter of foreign election interference. I cannot believe that we have the People's Republic of China operating police stations right here in Canada. I certainly cannot believe that the diplomat in question and others have not been expelled from our country at this point in time, this far into this process. However, even more so, I am astonished that, despite all of the things I was prepared to say, I will probably talk very little about them today because of the way this debate started. When the hon. member for St. Albert—Edmonton stood to open this debate today, immediately members from the Liberal Party started to heckle and mock, laughing about the situation. I will point out that both of the members I will refer to are parliamentary secretaries to the House leader of their party. They are both in their party's leadership. They have been around this House for a long time. To hear the member for Kingston and the Islands in a question refer to the member for Wellington—Halton Hills as "supposedly affected by” the situation, to me—

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