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Jean-Denis Garon Bloc Québécois
“The government puts a few good ideas into a bad bill so they can complain when we vote against it. If they want us to vote for the good parts, they should let us vote on them separately.”
“Mr. Speaker, questions like that are a waste of time. Even a bad 300-page novel will have seven or eight good pages. That does not mean the whole book makes for pleasant reading. That is the government’s same old strategy. It throws a few good things in with a bunch of unacceptable things. Backbenchers stand up and cry foul when we vote against the bill as a whole. If they think it is so important that we vote for the bill, let them ask for a separate vote on those items.”
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Mr. Speaker, questions like that are a waste of time. Even a bad 300-page novel will have seven or eight good pages. That does not mean the whole book makes for pleasant reading. That is the government’s same old strategy. It throws a few good things in with a bunch of unacceptable things. Backbenchers stand up and cry foul when we vote against the bill as a whole. If they think it is so important that we vote for the bill, let them ask for a separate vote on those items.