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Mr. Speaker, I rise on the same point of order very briefly to respond to some of the comments made by the member for Timmins—James Bay. He made comments that were completely and utterly false. Those comments were baseless of any facts at all. I want to make it clear that the Conservatives have followed, and will continue to follow, all of the public health guidance in this place.
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Madam Speaker, in response to the ruling from the Chair just a few moments ago, I do thank the Speaker for that ruling. I believe he certainly has established that the principle that the Board of the Internal Economy does not have the independent authority to deny members access to the precinct. Therefore, I am satisfied with the ruling, and I think the fact that the precedent has been set is sati…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. I am not sure if it was to receive instructions from the PMO that he was passing along to the government House leader, but the member for Winnipeg North, sitting beside the government House leader today during question period, was seen with an ear bud in his ear and speaking actively into a telephone throughout question period. I think you, Mr. Speaker…
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On that same point of order, when a member rises in this place to bring forward a question of privilege, that is to bring arguments before you, Mr. Speaker, to give you the opportunity to determine whether there is in fact a breach of privileges, it is not for the government House leader or anyone else in this place to determine the validity of that question of privilege. He can certainly make his…
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Mr. Speaker, I would agree that it is probably best that the member gets to what he sees is the breach of privilege. It is important, and it should be important, that he gets an opportunity to lay out the facts. Perhaps that will happen at a later date should you find a prima facie case. However, I think it is important that you hear what he sees is a breach of privilege before you make a ruling. …
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate and know that your intentions here are good, that you are looking to find a way to resolve the matter, and that is appreciated. I know that is important to you as well. If what I am hearing is right, the member is trying to make the arguments and make the case that she believes there is another avenue that should be taken. I do think it is important for you, before making…
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Mr. Speaker, I also rise on a question of privilege. However, as this is my first time rising in this Parliament, I would like to congratulate you on your election as Speaker. I know you will face a number of challenges, as you did in the last Parliament, and that you will handle them with the same tact, grace and dignity that you always have. Congratulations from this side of the House on your co…
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Mr. Speaker, I was not attempting to reveal the votes of other members. I was simply indicating that I abstained from the vote. I want to make one thing really clear right now. This question of privilege does not relate in any way to disputing vaccines or their very vital role in conquering the COVID-19 pandemic. What I am challenging is the authority of the—
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Mr. Speaker, I respect that, and as I have indicated, I will be cautious. I want to make it clear that I am questioning the jurisdiction of the board to be able to make that decision, not the decision itself, because I do believe vaccines are critically important in conquering COVID-19. Conservatives have said the entire time that vaccines are the safest and most effective way to reduce the spread…
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Mr. Speaker, I understand it is as important to establish what it is not about as it is to establish what it is about, so I will take the point and move on. I think I have made clear what it is not about. Certainly, it is not about the efficacy or the importance of vaccines. I will make that clear. What I am rising about today is this. I believe the Board of Internal Economy's decision represents …
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Mr. Speaker, I do believe there are, in fact, other elements that I wanted to touch on, and I intended to do it as briefly as I could, but I will respect the Speaker's ruling, as I must. I am thankful for the chance to wrap up, because I think it is important that I have this opportunity to at least indicate what I see as a potential remedy in this situation. If you were to find a prima facie case…
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Mr. Speaker, in relation to the last question I had, I have more of a point of clarification than anything. First, what would happen with those points of privilege should the government choose to dissolve this Parliament and go to an election? Would those points of privilege carry forward into the next Parliament? Second, what bearing does the fact that the government has applied to the Federal Co…
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Mr. Speaker, as we are approaching the end of our session for the summer, I note that there are four outstanding questions of privilege. There is a question of privilege from the member for Timmins—James Bay, in relation to the government ignoring a House order regarding taking indigenous children to court. There is a question of privilege from the member for Carleton, regarding the government's i…
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Mr. Speaker, I understand that you are attempting to give the member some latitude here, but this time is intended to present a dissenting report or supplemental report. There have been attacks on other parties, and there have been all kinds of commentary here. I really do think, Mr. Speaker, it might be time to consider that it has been enough.
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Madam Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Correct me if I am mistaken, but I believe you were interrupted while trying to finish the statement you were making. You were admonishing the Public Health Agency of Canada, and I think you should be able to finish your statement before there is a point of order responding to that statement. I think you should have the right to—
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Mr. Speaker, we agree to apply the vote with Conservatives voting against.
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Mr. Speaker, we agree to apply the vote, and Conservative members will be voting yes.
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, we would agree to apply the vote, and Conservative members will be supporting.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. That is a very tough act to follow. Very powerful and passionate arguments were just made by the member for Wellington—Halton Hills defending the importance of the decisions made in this place and the democracy that we have. I probably will be far less interesting, powerful and passionate, but I have a couple of citations to make that I think the Speaker wi…
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agree to apply and will be voting in support.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives agree to apply the vote and vote against.
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Mr. Speaker, we agree to apply the vote, and the Conservative members will be voting against the motion.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent to apply the previous vote to this vote, and Conservatives would be opposed.
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Mr. Speaker, Conservative members agree to apply the vote and will vote against the motion.
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to apply the results of the previous vote to the current vote.
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Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to apply the results of the previous vote to this vote.
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Mr. Speaker, I believe it is critically important that all members of Parliament stand to be counted on this important matter of government democratic accountability. Therefore, I request a recorded division.
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Madam Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. The point of order concerns the report that was just tabled: the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage respecting Bill C-10. I would respectfully submit that several of the amendments contained in that fifth report must be struck out because the committee exceeded its authority. Last Monday, June 7, the House adopted a time alloca…
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, the rules established for voting via the app were that all members voting by app must be in Canada and could not be abroad. It is my understanding that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance was in fact outside of Canada at the G7 meetings. We noticed that she voted today. I want to ask if she can confirm if she is, in fact, within the country. I am s…
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Madam Speaker, before I get to what I see as the government's real motives, I would like to speak to why we are here. We have a government that claims it needs extra time. Why does it need extra time? I suggest, to begin with, one of the reasons would be that it prorogued Parliament. That was time that could have been used to put forward its agenda. The government waited two years to put forward a…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I will remind the House that we have typically had agreement from members to allow these kinds of things. We have done it for their side and they have done it for our side. Earlier today someone asked to do it for a previous vote. We sort of set a precedent that we would not do that. However, I am quite disappointed to see the government refuse to follow …
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Madam Speaker, the hon. member for Lethbridge had asked for unanimous consent, and I know it was denied, but I want to raise some information that I think may cause a reconsideration of that. The member did, in fact, seek to change her vote because she realized she had made an honest mistake. She did try to change her vote, but was unfortunately prevented from doing so. I think maybe a technical d…
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Madam Speaker, the impact of the motion is that committees would be cancelled. The important work of this House extends to what is done in those committees as well. By doing this, resources are challenged. As a result, a number of the committees would be cancelled. That is important work as well. Does the member not think committee work is important?
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Madam Speaker, I have a point of order.
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Mr. Speaker, I request that the motion be adopted on division.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am following up on an order made by the House last Wednesday as a result of the opposition motion brought forward by the member for Wellington—Halton Hills. Allow me, if you will, to read the relevant sections of the motion: That an order of the House do issue for the unredacted version of all documents produced by the Public Health Agency of Canada in re…
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Mr. Speaker, I certainly commend your ruling. It is important that this matter be examined. Obviously, when we have a case of someone literally exposing themselves to the House on two different occasions, that is a pretty serious matter and one that does deserve to be reviewed by the procedure and House affairs committee. I would also note that what we have seen is maybe a bit of a pattern of a ge…
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Madam Speaker, there was an allegation made by the member for Kingston and the Islands that somehow Conservatives were disrespecting public health advice. I think that was what he was trying to imply. I, as the whip for the official opposition, want to assure all members in this House and, in fact, all Canadians that the Conservative Party certainly does take the public health advice incredibly se…
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Mr. Speaker, a one-dose summer means a locked down summer for the tourism industry. Canada's closed borders mean that tourism businesses continue to suffer. This industry was the first impacted, and it will be the last to recover, yet there has been radio silence from the federal government. What is the benchmark to restart travel? Is it 70% fully vaccinated, 80%, or cases under a certain number? …
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Mr. Speaker, this week is Tourism Week. It is a time to celebrate one of Canada's leading industries, tourism. Unfortunately, it is not to celebrate significant milestones like in the past, such as record-breaking visitor numbers or another new award. Instead, we celebrate the spirit this great industry has to survive and persist, despite the great challenges that the pandemic and the lackluster g…
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Madam Speaker, as I mentioned in my speech, even if interest rates were not to rise, by 2025, we would be looking at about a $40-billion per year cost to the taxpayer just to cover the interest on all this new debt. Imagine what would happen if those interest rates—
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