“Mr. Speaker, Canada is facing serious economic challenges. Jobs are disappearing, investment is leaving and families are struggling to make ends meet, yet the government has chosen to shut down debate on a massive omnibus budget bill that would affect every region in the country. I would like to ask my Bloc colleague this. Regardless of our differences on policy, does he believe Canadians are well served when the government limits debate on legislation of this size and importance? What message does it send when a government facing so many economic challenges seems unwilling to allow Parliament the time needed to properly examine its budget?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 21 wordsif we had had more time to debate this bill, we could have discussed the parts that should have been removed.Aside · 9 wordsThat would have made the member for Acadie—Bathurst happy.AsideClaims · 78 wordsWe could have discussed the parts that could have been voted on separately.Since the member for Acadie—Bathurst is going to vote in favour of time allocation, we will not be able to do so.However, all joking aside, time allocation does serve a purpose.The government usually begins by letting things take their course.We have debates, and legislation moves forward, but all of a sudden, a roadblock springs up.Opposition parties sometimes act in bad faith.Reasoning · 46 wordsAt some point, since the government has budgetary responsibilities, it will have no choice but to impose time allocation to move the process forward in the face of the opposition parties’ bad faith.That is what it is for.That is why this standing order exists.Claims · 57 wordsIn this case, however, the government introduced a bill, denied the opposition parties a technical briefing, did not put the bill on the agenda for debate, 1and then suddenly on a Friday morning, it announced that it was going to limit debate because nothing had been done for three weeks and time was now of the essence.2Reasoning · 9 wordsThat is not how time allocation should be used.
