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Member of the Board of Internal Economy Deputy House leader of the government

Mark Gerretsen

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the Board of Internal Economy Deputy House leader of the government
  • Liberal
  • Kingston and the Islands
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $112,228.33

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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • May/29/24 10:24:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, on a point of order, I completely appreciate that there is latitude to go beyond the scope of the estimates, but we are not even talking about the estimates now. We are talking about an individual private member's bill. The last three or four questions have been on it. This is a debate about the estimates with this particular department.
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Context: House Hansard - 313 - May/10/24
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • May/10/24 12:54:43 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you can find unanimous consent to see the clock at 1:30 p.m., to start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Oct/4/23 5:42:23 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it looks like we are really close to Private Members' Business, but if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:43 p.m. to start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Sep/21/23 4:36:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:30 so we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 162 - Feb/16/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Feb/16/23 5:17:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe, if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:30 p.m. so we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Feb/2/23 5:31:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:43 p.m. so we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 138 - Nov/30/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/30/22 5:48:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe if you seek it you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:55, so we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 123 - Nov/2/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Nov/2/22 5:33:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at the appropriate time to start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
  • Oct/4/22 1:58:47 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's candour. She certainly speaks with passion, and sometimes I wish I could use language like that in here too, even if just accidentally. My question is in relation to the member's private member's bill. This member has a private member's bill on cryptocurrency. We were actually supposed to debate it the first day that the House resumed, and for some reason we did not. It got bumped. I understand that the member's private member's bill on cryptocurrency is coming up in the next couple of days. I wonder if she could provide some insight into what her bill is about, to inform the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 105 - Sep/29/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Sep/29/22 5:16:18 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I believe if you seek it you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:30, so we can move along to Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Jun/17/22 1:18:03 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I hope that if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 1:30 p.m. so we can start private members' hour.
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Jun/14/22 5:17:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:30 so we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • May/31/22 6:12:52 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you would find unanimous consent to see the clock at the time for Private Members' Business so that we can resume with the business of the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • May/20/22 1:47:49 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I will try this one. I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at two o'clock so we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • May/19/22 5:24:25 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:30 p.m. so that we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 74 - May/18/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • May/18/22 6:19:49 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 6:30 p.m. so we can move to Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 50 - Mar/31/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Mar/31/22 5:31:31 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:45 p.m. so we can start Private Members' Business.
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Context: House Hansard - 49 - Mar/30/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to this private member's bill. In the very short time that I have, I would like to address my concern that I raised to the sponsor of the bill when he introduced it earlier this evening; specifically, that this bill inevitably is going to require royal recommendation. We know this, because a bill in almost the exact same form, Bill C-265, came through the House in the 43rd Parliament. It went through this deliberative process in the House. It was voted on after second reading. It went to committee. The Speaker entertained suggestions as to the need for royal recommendation, as he flagged it to be problematic in his view. After it came back from committee, the Speaker ruled that it would require royal recommendation before it could move to the final vote. It is problematic, because we know it is very rare that a government would provide royal recommendation to a private member's bill. The vast majority of private members' bills that come through the House do not have monetary impacts on them exactly because of that. This is not something that is unique to this particular Liberal government: This is something that is a followed course with all governments throughout the last number of years, decades and perhaps even beyond that. Although I admire the initiative that is being brought forward by the member, I think it is very clear to him that this will be the inevitable fate of the bill. It leads me to conclude that perhaps the only reason to introduce this bill was to somehow try to shame the government or make it look bad because it would not attach royal recommendation to it. I do not see the benefit of this, or how that would actually advance this particular issue. To that point, I am thrilled to say that a number of the initiatives that this bill seeks to entertain are actually covered in the budget of 2021, so although this member might be seeking slightly more, a lot of the measures were actually covered in that. Although I am concerned about the royal recommendation aspect of it, I am certainly interested in hearing more of the debate, and I know that you will give me my remaining seven minutes when we resume it.
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