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Mr. Speaker, if and when the police request that information, it will obviously be handed over because that is proper judicial process. However, when Parliament is doing that, Canadians should be concerned because, when the leader of the Conservative Party is going after the rights of other Canadians, it is only a matter of time before his political vendetta comes after the rights of all Canadians…
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Mr. Speaker, again, the Conservatives are saying things that are false. The only party that has been putting up speakers for the past week is the Conservative Party, so it is the one filibustering its own motion. Let us talk about why the Conservatives might be filibustering that motion. Rob Walsh, the former law clerk, said, “[In my humble opinion] it is an abuse of its powers for the House to us…
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Mr. Speaker, I notice the volume goes up when Conservatives do not want to hear the truth, so let us go back to that. The only members of Parliament who have been debating this motion are Conservative members of Parliament. They are filibustering their own motion, and I can say why. It might have something to do with Rob Walsh, the former law clerk, who stated, “it is an abuse of its powers for th…
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Mr. Speaker, what the member opposite is saying is absolutely false. It is the Conservatives who are filibustering their own motion in the House because the RCMP and the Auditor General have both raised their extreme discomfort with the motion the Conservatives put forward. If the Conservatives want to get back to work, we are ready to send this to committee to make sure we can talk about the issu…
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Mr. Speaker, what the members opposite are saying is not true. Your ruling was very clear: because of the unprecedented nature of that motion, it should go to the procedure and House affairs committee for study. The RCMP and the Auditor General raised their extreme discomfort with the Conservative motion. Canadians should be concerned because the Conservatives are going after whoever they hold a p…
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Mr. Speaker, the Ethics Commissioner has looked into this matter three times and each time has confirmed he has no concerns.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Leader of the Opposition is saying is absolutely false. Here is what the RCMP said about this motion: “There is significant risk that the motion could be interpreted as a circumvention of normal investigative processes and Charter protections.” Let us follow your directive, refer this motion to committee and get back to the important work of the House.
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Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is not being truthful with Canadians. The RCMP commissioner himself said: ...the RCMP's ability to receive and use information obtained through this production order and under the compulsory powers afforded by the Auditor General Act in the course of a criminal investigation could give rise to concerns under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It …
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Mr. Speaker, all of us come to this place because we want to serve Canadians. The Liberals on this side of the House want to be able to deliver important measures for them, but we know that we need to earn their trust every single day. What we see from Conservative members of Parliament is that they think they have already won the next election, but that is not how elections work. We all have to h…
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Mr. Speaker, your ruling was very clear: send this to committee. There is only one group of MPs that is afraid of that going to committee. We are prepared to vote on that. Let us send it to committee. Let us have that debate. The only group of MPs that is obstructing its own obstruction, the Conservatives, do not actually want to help Canadians. All they want to do is serve themselves and their ow…
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Mr. Speaker, as I have stated many times, if a witness goes to committee, we expect that they provide the information that the committee asks of them.
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Mr. Speaker, as I stated, if a witness goes to committee and the committee asks them for information, we believe that the witness should provide the information as requested of them, and we expect as much.
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Mr. Speaker, if we are going to be mansplained to, they can at least try to get it right. The fact of the matter is you ruled very clearly that this matter should go to the House committee. If the members opposite would like to read the full ruling, they can go do that, or I can table it in the House for them to read. I would encourage them to not just cherry-pick parts of the ruling, but to actua…
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Mr. Speaker, your ruling was clear to send this matter to committee for further study. The Conservatives do not like that because they will hear from experts like the former law clerk, who says, “[In my humble opinion] it is an abuse of its powers for the House to use it's power to demand and get documents from the Government in order to transfer them to a third party...that wouldn't otherwise rec…
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Mr. Speaker, I think it is important that I read the Speaker's ruling into the record because the Conservatives did not hear it the first time: ...the Chair is of the view that it would be valuable to afford an opportunity for the concerns expressed by the RCMP, as well as by the Auditor General, to be addressed fully and, I would hope, for a mutually satisfactory solution to be arrived at. I beli…
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Mr. Speaker, I am not sure the opposition House leader believes his own spin. He could scroll down a little and see what you, Mr. Speaker, asked of him, which was to prepare a motion that you said you would accept to send it to committee to be studied. We welcome that. We will get this studied. Let us get this out of the House. There is only one group of MPs that does not want that to happen, beca…
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Mr. Speaker, we are ready for this matter to move on to the procedure and House affairs committee, just as the Speaker ruled. The only party that does not want that to happen is the Conservative Party. They are trying to spin out their own obstruction because they do not want this to go to committee. What they will hear is expert after expert talking about the egregious abuse of power the Conserva…
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That is false, Mr. Speaker. That member sat in your chair at one point, and I think he would have an interesting perspective if the opposition was not following his ruling as he is doing. I quote, and I repeat what you said, Mr. Speaker: I believe the best way for this to be achieved would be to follow the usual course for a prima facie question of privilege, that is, a referral to the Standing Co…
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Mr. Speaker, what the Leader of the Opposition is saying is false. Your ruling was to refer this matter to committee for further study. Will the Conservatives comply with your order?
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Mr. Speaker, what the Leader of the Opposition is saying is demonstrably false because your ruling was to send this matter to the procedure and House affairs committee for more study. In fact, it is only the Conservatives who are now obstructing their own obstruction. They do not want this to go to committee because it would demonstrate they are trying to upend charter rights and override police i…
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Mr. Speaker, the member is again being false in his statements, because what you clearly ruled was that this matter should be sent to committee for further study. It is the first time in Parliament's history that it is taking its extraordinary powers and abusing them in such an egregious way. The issue the hon. member is discussing has been dealt with by this government, but it is up to the Conser…
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Mr. Speaker, as we have stated all along, if a witness is called to committee and asked to provide information, they need to provide that information.
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Mr. Speaker, we agree that, as witnesses go to committee, they need to share information that is asked of them by the committee.
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Mr. Speaker, what is interesting about this is that there is actually proof that what the Leader of the Opposition is saying is false. In your ruling, you said this matter needs to go to the procedure and House affairs committee for further study. What the Conservatives are putting forward is unprecedented because, as the RCMP mentioned, it would upend charter rights and it would blur the lines be…
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said, if a witness is called before committee, they are expected to provide the information asked of them.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said and reiterate, as a witness is called to committee and is asked to provide information to that committee, we expect they provide that information.
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Mr. Speaker, I would actually turn that question around on my hon. colleagues who have decided to abuse the power of this place and to use their powers to upend and override the charter rights of Canadians. If Conservative Party members want to ask themselves how they can do the right thing, it is to make sure that they do not abuse the powers of this place and protect the charter rights of Canadi…
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Mr. Speaker, that was cute, and I saw that the Conservative House leader was having a hard time not laughing at how ridiculous his statement was. As the fourth week of fall in the House of Commons approaches, we have made good progress. For one thing, we passed Bill C‑76 to give Jasper the tools it needs to rebuild. We also debated bills that are important to Canadians, such as Bill C‑71, which ex…
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Mr. Speaker, once again, the Conservative members are not giving Canadians accurate information. Conservative members are the ones violating Canadians' charter rights. Canadians should be extremely concerned about what the Conservative members are doing. The Conservatives are compromising the independence of the legislative and judicial branches. That is very troubling.
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Mr. Speaker, what my hon. colleague is saying is completely false. The Auditor General and the RCMP have said that they are extremely concerned about the Conservatives' motion because it violates Canadians' rights. It is the privilege of the House to do so, but— I am sorry, I am not sure—
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Mr. Speaker, this is another typical attack from the Conservatives against Canadians who do not support their vision for Canada. We have seen this over the last nine years. I guess it is hurtful for them when it is people they appointed to important positions who come forward and do not actually agree with their vision of Canada. What do they do? They attack them. They bring them down. They are no…
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Mr. Speaker, what my hon. colleague said is completely false. The Auditor General and the RCMP have said that they are extremely concerned about the fact that the Conservatives are moving this motion in the House because it limits Canadians' Charter rights. I know Conservatives care about Canadians' rights and, of course, Quebeckers' rights, but they are the ones who are not respecting those right…
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Mr. Speaker, again the House leader for the Conservatives is completely false in what he is stating in this place. What is true is that the Conservatives have put forward a motion that would blur the line between the independence of the legislative and judicial branches of government. Both the RCMP and the Auditor General have raised their extreme concern with what the Conservatives have put forwa…
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Mr. Speaker, I understand why the member opposite is getting a little riled up, because there are some uncomfortable truths that are being put forward here. While the Conservatives continue to talk down Canadians and talk down our country, the bigger concern is what they are trying to do in this place, where they are overriding the charter rights of Canadians. When it comes to privacy rights and, …
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Mr. Speaker, again this is just a simple personal attack because the Conservatives are sad or disappointed that there are eminent Canadians who do not support their dangerous vision of Canada, to be honest. There is a reason why Canadians who have global recognition are working to support a progressive vision of this country, but what we see from the Conservatives is that when Canadians or organiz…
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, when witnesses testify before committees, they are obliged to provide the information that is asked of them.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Leader of the Opposition is saying is completely false. What the Conservatives are doing right now is trying to end rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms using the extraordinary powers of the House. They want to end police independence in our society, and they have no idea what a dangerous precedent they are setting.
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Mr. Speaker, again, the Leader of the Opposition is neglecting to tell the whole truth to Canadians. The Conservatives are trying to use the extraordinary powers of this place to circumvent the judicial requirement of police to protect the charter rights of Canadians. I want to believe that the Leader of the Opposition does not understand what he is doing, but I am even more concerned that he does…
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Mr. Speaker, I think my hon. colleague's erratic and unhinged behaviour is because he knows that he is being completely false in what he is putting forward to this place. What the Conservatives are putting forward is to trample the charter rights of Canadians. Both the RCMP and the Auditor General have raised their extreme discomfort, and every single Canadian should be extremely alarmed by the be…
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Mr. Speaker, our hearts go out to the police officer. No police officer should be hurt in the line of duty. However, what is extremely concerning is what the Leader of the Opposition is doing in the House today. He is trampling the charter rights of Canadians. Whether it is in the House or whether it is outside, Canadians need to be extremely alarmed about the fact that when it comes to their righ…
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives do not want to share the uncomfortable truth that they are trying to use the extraordinary powers of this place to circumvent the judicial oversight that is required by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to protect Canadians. The only thing they are interested in doing is pursuing their naked pursuit for partisan gain while they trample the charter rights of Canadian…
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Mr. Speaker, as I stated earlier, if a witness is asked to provide information to a committee, we expect that they provide it.
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Mr. Speaker, it is another week and another tired line from the Conservatives. When it comes to Canadians who disagree with their vision of the country, instead of allowing for that disagreement to happen, the Conservatives attack them personally and try to bring them down. We have seen this time and time again from Conservatives, whether it is the news media like CBC or CTV or whether it is emine…
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Mr. Speaker, again what we see from the Conservative members of Parliament is that they just cannot handle being criticized. It is the same way Conservatives treat the media. When the media asks them tough questions about what they are putting forward in terms of their agenda for Canadians, what do they do? They attack them. This is what they do with the media. This is what they do with eminent Ca…
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Again, Mr. Speaker, what we see from the Conservatives is when Canadians do not share their vision of Canada, they talk them down. They try—
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Mr. Speaker, it is okay, I understand this response makes them uncomfortable because they know it is true. When it comes to Canadians who do not share their vision of Canada, what do Conservative members of Parliament do? They talk them down. They try to bring them down. They do not like having people push against their agenda. They do not like it when they are asked tough questions. When intellig…
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Mr. Speaker, what the members opposite are doing is absolutely shameful. As the Minister of Environment explained to this House yesterday, they are taking an email out of context, and now that official is facing death threats. What happened in Jasper is a national tragedy, but it is a result of climate change. If the members opposite want to get to the bottom of this, they should start by recogniz…
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Madam Speaker, I withdraw it with regard to the individual in question but not with regard to how they are speaking about the policy.
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Madam Speaker, as I mentioned, we are very proud of what we have done for seniors in Canada. As I mentioned, one of the first things we did for Canada's most vulnerable seniors was to boost pensions by 10%. We observed a change among seniors aged 75 and over. It is tougher to make ends meet, costs are up and their savings have dwindled. That is what led us to take action. We acted for an important…
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Madam Speaker, I have a lot of respect for my colleague. I consider him a very honourable member, and for that very reason, I cannot understand why he is telling only half the truth when he talks about the price on pollution. As a member from Quebec, he knows full well that this does not apply to Quebec. Why will he not be honest with Quebeckers about the actual policy? Why does he keep repeating …
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