“Madam Speaker, with all due respect, sometimes very smart people, like the minister, say things that are far below their level of intelligence. The minister’s answer to my last question falls into that category. I will explain why. The minister is telling us that three weeks is not much time to read 300 pages and that we were short on time. He is wondering why the government would give us a technical briefing when three weeks is not much time to read 300 pages. Now, he is rising in the House to move a motion to reduce the time allotted for debate so that we cannot debate this bill. We will have just a few hours to debate it. He thinks that three weeks is not enough time for the opposition to read the bill properly, and yet he thinks we can debate it properly in just a few hours. I would like to know whether the minister realizes that he is contradicting himself. Does he realize that his government’s decision to wait three weeks to give a technical briefing and then impose time allocation is indefensible? Is he aware of how arrogant his government is, the government on whose behalf he is speaking today in the House of Commons?”
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Madam Speaker, Claims · 20 wordsit is not arrogant to point out that this is the third time he has asked me the same question.1Reasoning · 32 wordsIf he is interested in the bill, now is the time for him to ask me questions about it.He will also be able to ask me questions in the coming hours.Claims · 55 wordsI agreed with him that, yes, as a member of Parliament—and this applies to all members—he must be able to receive a proper briefing.I also told him that he had had three weeks to read the bill, 2but that I would be surprised if all members had taken that much time to read it.Partly on point
