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Andrew Lawton Conservative
“Religious leaders are afraid of what this government is doing. They worry they will not be allowed to preach parts of their holy books. The Prime Minister supports ministers who are against free speech.”
“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his important work on this. I actually had the opportunity to meet with people in his riding in Newfoundland, including faith leaders, back in January who were very concerned about what the Liberals are doing. One of the questions that at least one person asked me was very much in line with what he just said there and was from a place of fear: “If we have Liberal government ministers saying that certain verses of scripture are not allowed, what am I allowed to preach? What am I allowed to do?” That was, interestingly enough, before he was a minister. He was just the chair of the justice committee at the time, and he was promoted after making those comments. I go back to how it is clear that the Prime Minister welcomes that very divisive and anti-free expression thinking on his team.”
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his important work on this. I actually had the opportunity to meet with people in his riding in Newfoundland, including faith leaders, back in January who were very concerned about what the Liberals are doing. One of the questions that at least one person asked me was very much in line with what he just said there and was from a place of fear: “If we have Liberal government ministers saying that certain verses of scripture are not allowed, what am I allowed to preach? What am I allowed to do?” That was, interestingly enough, before he was a minister. He was just the chair of the justice committee at the time, and he was promoted after making those comments. I go back to how it is clear that the Prime Minister welcomes that very divisive and anti-free expression thinking on his team.