Discussion · Government Orders
Grant Jackson Conservative
“The government is misusing rules to cut off debate in Parliament. I want the member to explain how this hurts people's trust in our democracy.”
“Mr. Speaker, although I disagreed with large segments of my colleague’s speech, the part she ended on is the most important one in her intervention today, which is the unacceptable nature and the affront to Westminster parliamentary democracy we have seen on display last week and now this week with programming motions being used at whim by the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader and the rest of his administration. I wonder if that member could elaborate just a little further on the damage that does to public trust in the institution of this Parliament and how it operates on behalf of all Canadians.”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, although I disagreed with large segments of my colleague’s speech, the part she ended on is the most important one in her intervention today, which is the unacceptable nature and the affront to Westminster parliamentary democracy we have seen on display last week and now this week with programming motions being used at whim by the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader and the rest of his administration. I wonder if that member could elaborate just a little further on the damage that does to public trust in the institution of this Parliament and how it operates on behalf of all Canadians.