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Richard Cannings

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • South Okanagan—West Kootenay
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 61%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $128,729.57

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Context: House Hansard - 267 - Dec/13/23
Mr. Richard Cannings
  • Dec/13/23 4:17:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I wonder, if you canvass the room, whether there would be unanimous consent to allow some of us to present petitions that we have waiting for weeks to present. We have been faced with a series of motions for concurrence and other delays. I have citizens who have been asking me to present this petition and wondering why I have not been able to.
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Context: House Hansard - 196 - May/12/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • May/12/23 10:24:47 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I consider the minister a friend and colleague. New Democrats are pleased that we are finally getting to this bill. We are disappointed that it took so long. It was first introduced in the last Parliament; days later, an election was called. Months after we reconvened, it finally came back before us. Despite the fact that minority-language communities have been heard for a long time about these issues and we knew what the issues were, they have been kept waiting. Could the minister comment on why it took so long to respond to what the minority-language communities were asking for?
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