“I think the Liberal Party is bad. It changes too much. It does things I don't like. I want my friend in the Liberal Party to say if he agrees with me.”
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Government Business No. 13—Proceedings on Bill C‑22
A bill to give police and intelligence agencies more power to get information from telecommunications companies without a warrant. The government shut down debate on the bill despite concerns from many parties about privacy and civil liberties.
“You say you want to collaborate but you always say no. If the bill is good it should withstand scrutiny. The government knows the bill is flawed so it's silencing debate.”
“I want the Privacy Commissioner here. The Liberals said no. That's suspicious.”
“That meeting was frustrating. We should have gotten every brief before we started.”
“You're blocking our amendments. We want to rewrite your bill without breaking things. Is that possible?”
“You said opposing C-22 is just fearmongering. But Vancouver East and Global News raised rational objections. Companies may leave Canada over privacy and cost. Vancouver East, what about those real concerns?”
“I hear some people don't like this bill. Even the Privacy Commissioner has a problem with it. We tried to split the bill in two so police can get the power they want now, but the privacy part can be looked at again later. Do you agree?”
“I'm sad the government is rushing this bill. I want more time to debate and fix it. The government should listen to us and let us do our job properly.”
“I want to pass half the bill now. The other half isn't ready. Let's vote to split the bill and pass the first half.”
“That's bad. I don't like that. I think it's very bad.”
“I pretend to speak for a whole police force. They want this. But I insist on parroting privacy talking points anyway. I hope it makes me sound responsible.”
“You think democracy is a waste of time. I want to make that look bad.”
“This bill is completely flawed. Even the government is conceding some of our complaints now.”
“I want to make the government look bad. If I talk a lot about how they admit failure, maybe it will make me look good.”
“I want part 1 of the bill to pass with some changes. I don't want part 2 to pass without more careful review. The government should not rush this bill through. We need more scrutiny and debate on surveillance powers and privacy concerns.”
“You are moving too fast on this huge and complicated bill. The government keeps using time allocation powers to shut down debate before MPs have even started dissecting the most serious parts. That's undemocratic. Does my honorable colleague across the aisle agree?”
“I'm saying the government shouldn't shut down debate. They need to give us more time to look at this complicated bill. When all these different parties agree on something, it means the government messed up.”
“I want to look smart. Make the other party explain why they disagree.”
“I don't like when the government shuts down debate. I want the government to have less power and to listen to different views.”
“I want more debate and amendments on part 2. The government should compromise with us like it did in minority.”