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James Bezan

  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
  • Manitoba
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $140,796.07

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Context: House Hansard - 237 - Oct/23/23
Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, CPC)
  • Oct/23/23 4:44:20 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-57 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech on the need to provide more support to Ukraine. The member talked about the military aid we provide for Ukraine. I can tell members that when I was in Ukraine earlier this summer, they were very grateful for the support that Canada has given them. However, as Conservatives, we have been advocating for quite some time that the Government of Canada actually provide more military aid to Ukraine, including more weapons. One of the things that we are about to be decommissioning here in Canada, and some have already been sent off to the scrap heap, is a number of our older armoured vehicles. Armatec, in London, Ontario, has offered to take those old vehicles, refurbish them and send them off to Ukraine to help them win this war. We know that the M113 track LAVs that Canada has would be very welcome along with our old Bisons and Coyotes that are in the process of being retired. The old M113s that were sent from the United States and Australia have actually helped liberate Kharkiv, and we know that in this fight today, the more Ukrainians are being put in armed vehicles, the more they can push back and the more they can win. I would ask the member if he would support having Armatec refurbish old, outdated LAVs that the Government of Canada is retiring from the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, CPC)
  • May/19/22 2:58:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us make sure we cut the red tape. Vladimir Putin has been waging a brutal and illegal war in Ukraine for almost three months. Unfortunately, the Liberal government has been slow to act and even slower to send to Ukraine the lethal weapons it needs to survive. It has refused to send Ukraine our soon-to-be-retired light armoured vehicles, such as our Bisons, our Coyotes and our M113 armoured personnel carriers. All of these LAVs will end up on the scrap heap if we do not give them away. The Americans are sending their M113s to Ukraine. Why are we not?
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Context: House Hansard - 50 - Mar/31/22
Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, CPC)
  • Mar/31/22 2:45:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Ukraine is attempting to negotiate peace with a cruel dictator, but Putin cannot be trusted. Ukraine needs military aid and it needs it now. President Zelenskyy has asked Canada and NATO for armoured personnel carriers and more missiles. While the Russians continue to wage war, Canada can give Ukraine our harpoon missiles for coastal defence. We can also give our light armoured vehicles that are being decommissioned right now, like our Coyotes, our Bisons and our M113s. Will the Prime Minister immediately give Ukraine the lethal defensive equipment it needs so that it can win this war?
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