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Jean-Denis Garon

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Mirabel
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $114,073.56

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Context: House Hansard - 254 - Nov/23/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon
  • Nov/23/23 4:54:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, and there was light. I understand my colleague's viewpoint and her question. It is a reasonable question. I understand how, from the NDP's perspective, voting for multiple closure motions might seem like a good thing for democracy. Let us say for argument's sake that this is a great closure motion, even though I would disagree. Not only are they muzzling us at this stage, they are also muzzling us at the committee stage. No one with an iota of intelligence in the world of economics, finance or competition would think that two evening committee meetings are enough for a bill with such potentially deep and long-term effects on our competition system. What would I have done? I might have done a better job of negotiating.
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Context: House Hansard - 36 - Feb/21/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Feb/21/22 4:50:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I will start by commending my colleague for his political courage. The member started his speech by talking about our individual responsibilities as legislators in this evening's vote. By making this a confidence vote, the Prime Minister is doing two things. First, he is preventing members of his own caucus, like the member himself, from voting according to their conscience. Second, he is preventing the NDP from voting according to its conscience without triggering another useless election. I heard my colleague correctly. I respect his position, but I would like to know whether, despite their moral contract to vote the same way on emergency and special measures, the Liberals will make an exception for my colleague.
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Context: House Hansard - 36 - Feb/21/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Feb/21/22 12:55:54 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, many NDP members have said that they are uncomfortable with the Emergencies Act and have even indicated that they might vote differently if there were no trucks left today. When faced with the threat that the NDP would vote according to its conscience, the Prime Minister announced that this would be a confidence vote. That means that, today, there are no more parliamentary safeguards, or hardly any, because we are once again faced with the threat of another useless election. Does the member not think that the Prime Minister is showing a lack of respect for the NDP members by preventing them from voting according to their conscience?
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