“Mr. Speaker, I want to come back to something. My colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé clearly described the new dynamic in his speech. Now that the Liberals have a majority, they sometimes forget that democracy is not about saying, “I won, so shut up”. They still have to listen to what the opposition parties have to say. I know that my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé, who is also our whip, is very wise. I would like to hear his thoughts on what it means, for both this bill and our work as legislators in general, to have a government that does not necessarily listen to the opposition parties.”
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 12 wordsI thank my colleague from Jonquière, whom I hold in high regard.ThanksPositioning · 32 wordsIt is unfortunate, but what this means is that the common good will not always be the priority.It means that a majority government thinks that it has the corner on truth.PositioningReasoning · 22 wordsThere is no harm in taking an opposition party’s amendments into account, particularly on a sensitive and delicate issue like this one.The ask · 14 wordsIt seems to me that the least the government could do is work together.Reasoning · 13 wordsThat does not mean that we will always manage to reach an agreement, Claims · 42 wordsbut, once again, what bothers me is that the amendments had been adopted.We worked hard and then the government just ignored everything that we did, without taking into account the work that was done and the testimony we heard in committee.1
