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Carlos Leitão

Liberal on Government Business No. 12—Proceedings on Bill C-30 2026-06-15

67 words · 5 sentences · 6 clauses

Replying to Greg Fergus (Liberal)

“Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my hon. colleague from Laval—Les Îles. Did I understand my hon. colleague correctly when he said that the official opposition had engaged in filibustering despite the serious challenges we face in Canada and in the Standing Committee on Finance? Furthermore, the amendments they proposed to the bill’s provisions were reportedly made only in English.”

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 67 wordsmy colleague is correct. They were subamendments. Every time the Conservative Party proposed a subamendment, the subamendment was always worded in English only, ¹so we had to wait for it to be translated. That was one of the factors that caused the delay in our proceedings.² Whenever we asked if we could set that aside and keep working while the translation was being done, we were denied.³

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Signal · 100

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Relevance · 100

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Respect · 100

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Clarity · 100

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Claims · 3

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1“Every time the Conservative Party proposed a subamendment, the subamendment was always worded in English only”At the Standing Committee on Finance’s consideration of Bill C-30 in June 2026, every subamendment proposed by the Conservative Party was submitted in English only.search
2“That was one of the factors that caused the delay in our proceedings”The need to translate English-only subamendments was one factor that delayed the Standing Committee on Finance’s clause-by-clause proceedings on Bill C-30 in June 2026.search
3“Whenever we asked if we could set that aside and keep working while the translation was being done, we were denied”Requests at the Standing Committee on Finance to continue working on Bill C-30 while subamendment translation was pending were denied.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20