“Mr. Speaker, my Conservative colleagues and I have zero issue with putting in the work and putting in the hours. We will work on weekends. We will work during the summer. We will do whatever we can to support Canadians. The problem we have is that the bill is about elections. All 343 members of the chamber would be affected. All the millions of people whom we collectively represent would be affected. It is a bill about the nature of democracy. The Liberals have allowed, I believe, two members to speak to the bill about the most fundamental institution in a democratic country, and now they are trying to shut down debate. They are trying to silence members of Parliament who may have a lot of things to offer about this. This is perhaps not surprising, given the way the Prime Minister has decided to try to circumvent Parliament, circumvent the House of Commons and not rise during question period. Is the member the House leader because he shares the Prime Minister’s contempt for Parliament?”
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Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 11 wordsthe member is perhaps unaware of the very constructive, long hours, PositioningClaims · 60 wordsand Canadians should know that in this place, a lot of work goes on behind the scenes.Sometimes parties do not find it to their interest to let on that they are co-operating with other parties.I would put to the member that in the case of Bill C-25, we have worked very hard, the Bloc Québécois and the Conservatives.Thanks · 25 wordsI want to commend once again his colleague from St. Albert—Sturgeon River for his very hard work on this and for his very constructive suggestions.ThanksClaims · 31 wordsThe bill has been the subject of much co-operation and of long committee meetings.Indeed, we will come to, I suspect, a very strong majority of parliamentarians voting for the bill.Reasoning · 27 wordsI think it is very important that Canadians see, at the very minimum, that parliamentarians, the House of Commons, can agree on the rules of the game.
