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Philippe Dufresne
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Philippe Dufresne
2021-07-20 10:57
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The government has signalled its intention to bring amendments. It has described what those would be about and it has talked about some application times in the communiqué, being the later of either November 1, 2021, or the date of publication of the final draft legislation. The communiqué speaks for itself on that.
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CPC (BC)
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2021-07-20 10:57
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There's absolutely no guarantee from this government that it won't totally gut Bill C-208 when it gets around to amending it.
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Philippe Dufresne
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Philippe Dufresne
2021-07-20 10:58
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We have the statement and that's what's there. There's no other statement on that at this time.
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CPC (BC)
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2021-07-20 10:58
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My Liberal friends just said there's no guarantee that pigs can't fly. That's the kind of disrespect we have come to expect from our Liberal friends.
I have another question. What remedies do parliamentarians have to redress the government's refusal to implement duly passed legislation that is in force?
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Philippe Dufresne
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Philippe Dufresne
2021-07-20 10:58
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One of the roles of the House, as recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada, is holding the government to account. Doing this, such as the committee is doing now or as the House would do when it is sitting, in question period, is to hold the government to account and to ask questions and to require information and explanations.
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CPC (BC)
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2021-07-20 10:59
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Mr. Dufresne, does Parliament have the right to hold the Prime Minister in contempt if he fails to implement legislation that has been duly passed through the will of Parliament?
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Philippe Dufresne
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Philippe Dufresne
2021-07-20 10:59
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The House has disciplinary power over all its members, and it's up to the House to determine whether any situation would warrant using those powers.
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CPC (BC)
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2021-07-20 10:59
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I've been a member of the House for close to 16 years now, and I've never seen a government defy the will of Parliament before. You have said that you have seen no precedent for this kind of action being taken that we saw reflected in the press release of June 30. Am I correct?
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Philippe Dufresne
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Philippe Dufresne
2021-07-20 10:59
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The June press release was not something we had seen before.
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Philippe Dufresne
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Philippe Dufresne
2021-07-20 11:00
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Well, we have not seen precedents in recent history, certainly since I've been here.
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Lib. (PE)
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2021-07-20 11:00
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It's your last question, Ed.
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CPC (BC)
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2021-07-20 11:00
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I'll just leave you with a statement, Mr. Chair. I've been appalled at the willingness of this Prime Minister to defy the will of Parliament and to challenge the supremacy of Parliament. We are going down a very dangerous road.
By the way, this opinion isn't shared by just us Conservatives. It's shared right across the board. I've spoken to Liberals who are appalled that we have a Prime Minister who is prepared to take on the supremacy of Parliament.
That's all I'll say, Mr. Chair.
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Lib. (PE)
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2021-07-20 11:00
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All right. We'll have to leave it at that.
Mr. Dufresne and Mr. Bédard, thank you very much for your advice, number one, to parliamentarians and to this committee, which we often call on you to give. Thank you for providing us with your expertise today on where we're at in terms of the supremacy of Parliament. Thank you for that.
We will suspend for a couple of minutes and bring forward our next panel.
Again, thank you very much to you both.
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