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Minister of Health

Hon. Mark Holland

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Health
  • Liberal
  • Ajax
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $134,982.00

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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Hon. Mark Holland
  • Jun/15/23 4:20:20 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, as the member knows, this matter was put before the procedure and House affairs committee. That committee did take an enormous amount of time to study the issue, and the member's party was part of those agreeing with the recommendations that were before this House. After that came forward, we worked with all parties, asking their opinions about the work PROC did. Of course, it takes a bit of time to hear from all parties, and now, after that consultation, we have a continuance of what we have done for the last three years. If we were to take longer than this session and had not adequately used that time in PROC and then the time immediately after PROC to have those discussions, the consequence would be that we would have missed this window and we would have had to reintroduce these provisions in the fall and have the same debate that we have had again and again. I want to thank the member opposite for their work at PROC and I want to thank the member for the work that they did after PROC to find a position that works. We have listened very carefully to how members are utilizing these provisions, and of course we are often hearing in hallways from every party about how much they love them. We see how they use them, evidently, and the rhetoric does not quite match what they are doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 95 - Jun/23/22
Hon. Mark Holland
  • Jun/23/22 10:54:32 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am sure there will be many more questions, so I can come back to this. I will say that, instead of debating this again and again, what we would give Parliament is stability for the next year, and we would give PROC, the procedure and House affairs committee, the opportunity to look at what may or may not be used beyond that. That would provide stability and clarity, and give us an opportunity to look at what worked, and that is the right way to go. Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/2/22 3:39:20 p.m.
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moved: That this House take note of the Standing Orders and the procedure of the House and its committees.
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