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Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Québécois
“Only one in three people in Canada trusts Parliament. The government wants to give itself majority power, even though Canadians did not vote for that. I want the minister to explain how doing this helps democracy.”
“Mr. Speaker, allow me to quote the member for Gatineau, the government House leader, who told the House on April 16, “Canada’s democracy is one of the most stable and strongest in the world, but it would be unwise to take this for granted.” I have news for him: Only one in three people in Canada trusts Parliament. What the government wants is to give itself a majority, even though that is not what the people voted for. It says that it wants to do this in order to fight cynicism. I would like my colleague to tell me how his government can claim to be strengthening democracy in Canada while acting against the express will of the people.”
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Mr. Speaker, allow me to quote the member for Gatineau, the government House leader, who told the House on April 16, “Canada’s democracy is one of the most stable and strongest in the world, but it would be unwise to take this for granted.” I have news for him: Only one in three people in Canada trusts Parliament. What the government wants is to give itself a majority, even though that is not what the people voted for. It says that it wants to do this in order to fight cynicism. I would like my colleague to tell me how his government can claim to be strengthening democracy in Canada while acting against the express will of the people.