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Minister of Health

Hon. Mark Holland

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Health
  • Liberal
  • Ajax
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $134,982.00

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Context: House Hansard - 288 - Feb/29/24
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Feb/29/24 2:20:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to say that an attack on our national security by a foreign nation, be it China or Russia, represents an attack on democracy. It represents a direct attack on every member of the House. I share the member's outrage that China or any other country would attempt to interfere in our process. The Public Health Agency, which is one of the most respected agencies in the world, hired two Canadian citizens who were eminent and well-known scientists in Canada, but who lied. It is the Public Health Agency that discovered that. It is the Public Health Agency that fired them. That is why there is now an RCMP investigation about their actions.
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Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/16/23 11:43:27 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, there is a peppering of partisan comments here. I would just say that this is a deeply serious issue about crimes that every single one of us were impacted by. As I said earlier, this is a decision that was made by Correctional Service Canada and we have long made sure throughout the history of our country, that it operates independently of the actions of politics. We have been very careful to ensure that politics is not inserted in that process. If we want to have a conversation about the outrage we feel about this crime—
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Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/16/23 11:34:45 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think we have to be very careful. These are horrific, grievous crimes. The inference that there was some other system is patently not true. The reality is that transfers in this country have always been done independent of government and remain outside of politics. I am certain the member's outrage on this is equal to mine, but we need to make sure that we respect the independence of corrections and have a mature conversation about how we deal with this issue and the emotions that we rightly have about it while maintaining the independence of corrections.
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