Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-02-14 15:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John Brassard (Barrie\u2014Innisfil, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. John Brassard (Barrie\u2014Innisfil, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6937543\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"278473\" href=\"/politicians/brad-vis/\" title=\"Brad Vis\">Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Fraser Canyon</a>, which he tells me is the number one riding in all of Canada. I happen to think Barrie\u2014Innisfil is.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937544\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let me begin by noting how profoundly disappointed I am with the results of what I thought was a reasonable request on the part of the opposition, through our opposition day motion, to ask for a plan from the government, by February 28, for coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic and limiting or cancelling all of the restrictions and mandates. We are seeing a cascading effect across the country in the provinces, with premiers coming out and telling their people that by a certain date, this is going to happen. This is causing any cynic to be concerned that perhaps the Liberal government does not want to end the federal restrictions and mandates, does not want to unite Canadians and does not want to provide hope to Canadians. After two years of lives and livelihoods being lost and businesses being decimated, somehow they cannot support this, and it only speaks to the fact that the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> and Liberal Party want this to continue, for whatever reason. I am profoundly disappointed that we are at this point in this country.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937545\" data-originallang=\"en\">I rise today to speak to the Liberals' latest attempt to run roughshod over Parliament. Today the House is considering government Motion No. 8, which sets out draconian terms by which the House would dispose of Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11525611\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-10/\" title=\"An Act respecting certain measures related to COVID-19\">C-10</a>. The bill is laudable in that it would give the <a data-HoCid=\"278906\" href=\"/politicians/jean-yves-duclos/\" title=\"Jean-Yves Duclos\">Minister of Health</a> the ability to purchase 2.5 billion dollars' worth of COVID-19 tests, the majority of which would be rapid tests. It would also grant the minister the power to start distributing those tests on April 1 of this year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937546\" data-originallang=\"en\">Throughout the pandemic, the Conservative Party has consistently and persistently called for greater access to rapid tests for all Canadians. In fact, in April 2020, I was approached by a rapid test distributor and he told me that he was being bogged down at Health Canada and that the approvals process for these rapid tests was not moving as quickly as it should, despite the fact that they were approved by the U.S. FDA on an emergency-use basis and also by CE bodies in the European Union. Arguably, these blue-chip regulators are the best regulatory agencies in the world. That is not to discredit Health Canada, but it was a problem in April 2020 that I was highlighting, and I know that my colleagues were as well.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937547\" data-originallang=\"en\">In the election, we promised to break down the bureaucratic delays that were preventing the approval of rapid tests in Canada, and at that time, tests approved for use in the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union were not approved in Canada. Why was this so, when these blue-chip regulators were already approving them? We promised to make at-home test kits readily available to all Canadians, to deploy rapid tests to the border and other points of entry and to provide provincial governments with enough tests to keep schools open. Our support for the widespread use of rapid tests has been unwavering, and our support stands today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937548\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite the fact the Liberals did drag their feet in getting these essential tools into the hands of Canadians, they can count on our support for this legislation. We are not trying to stop the legislation. We are just trying to get some oversight, because we believe this bill could be strengthened and we would like to propose three common-sense amendments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937549\" data-originallang=\"en\">For starters, if the <a data-HoCid=\"278906\" href=\"/politicians/jean-yves-duclos/\" title=\"Jean-Yves Duclos\">minister</a> has the ability to deploy the tests sooner, we would support an amendment that would allow him to do so. That is reasonable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937550\" data-originallang=\"en\">Second, we would propose an amendment to require the contracts for these tests to be tabled in the House. That is another reasonable request. Let us remember why we are asking for this. These are the same Liberals who found time, at the height of a pandemic, to hand $900 million in a contract to their friends at WE charity and another $237-million sole-sourced contract to former Liberal member of Parliament Frank Baylis. I do not think it is unreasonable to expect there would be some oversight and scrutiny on these contracts. The government, and indeed these Liberals, should not enjoy the blind trust of the House. They have proven in the past that this trust needs to be questioned. As such, we should require the highest level of transparency, especially when it comes to urgent spending related to COVID-19.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937551\" data-originallang=\"en\">Third, the Conservatives would propose an amendment that would require the minister to report on the deployment of these tests to ensure they are being used as part of a plan to ease COVID restrictions. In short, we want to ensure that this investment of taxpayer money is used to help Canadians get back to their normal lives.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937552\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would love nothing more than to debate the merits of these amendments, but the Liberals and their coalition partners in the NDP are teaming up to ram this bill through the House. Government Motion No. 8 provides for a shortened debate at second reading and a single vote that would be applied to the remaining stages of the legislative process. If the Liberals get their way, there will be no further debate, no ministerial accountability at committee, no testimony from stakeholders and no opportunity for the opposition parties to make amendments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937553\" data-originallang=\"en\">The <a data-HoCid=\"278913\" href=\"/politicians/mark-holland/\" title=\"Mark Holland\">government House leader</a> is offering the House a binary choice, and under this motion, we can either take the bill as it is or leave Canadians with fewer available COVID tests. The government House leader is trying to deny the House a third option: to support a strengthened bill by incorporating amendments from the opposition. Instead, without as much as one word of debate on the bill, the House leader has moved to pre-emptively shut down debate. This motion is a flagrant abuse of power, and the Liberals are being aided and abetted by a hapless coalition partner.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937554\" data-originallang=\"en\">That said, I recognize the need to pass this legislation quickly through the House, and on Friday, I sent a letter to all House leaders proposing a plan to dispose of Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11525611\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-10/\" title=\"An Act respecting certain measures related to COVID-19\">C-10</a> by Wednesday of this week. The proposal would have provided for a debate at second reading today, an abbreviated committee study tomorrow and final passage on Wednesday. It also included an order for the <a data-HoCid=\"278906\" href=\"/politicians/jean-yves-duclos/\" title=\"Jean-Yves Duclos\">Minister of Health</a> to appear at committee and for the amendments to be proposed during the usual clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. My proposal would allow the opposition to apply appropriate scrutiny and to propose improvements to the legislation without sacrificing the government's overall timetable to turn the bill into law.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937555\" data-originallang=\"en\">The House should also be made aware that the Senate agreed to a government motion to adjourn the other place for the entirety of this week. As a result, whether the bill passes in the House today or Wednesday, it will not be considered in the other place until next week. Any due diligence that we apply to this legislation in the House this week will do nothing to delay it from receiving royal assent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937556\" data-originallang=\"en\">I will now take a couple of moments to address our colleagues in the NDP.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937557\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am calling on them to remember that they are the party of Jack Layton and Tommy Douglas. Back in the day, theirs was a party that stood for workers, for low-income Canadians and for the democratic rights of members of the House of Commons. It is not so anymore. The NDP have abandoned their first principles. Perhaps it is because they have a leader who is more interested in his own social media than he is in social policies and how they impact Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937558\" data-originallang=\"en\">For example, the NDP openly fights against jobs for unionized pipefitters and steelworkers every time they oppose new environmentally safe pipelines. They applaud the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> every time he talks about phasing out the jobs of hard-working Canadians in the oil and gas sector. In recent days, they have refused to defend the minority rights of workers who lost their jobs to discriminatory government mandates. They support the Liberal carbon tax that disproportionately hurts the poorest in our society. They support hikes in payroll taxes that make it harder for low-wage earners to make ends meet. The list goes on.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937559\" data-originallang=\"en\">Inside the House of Commons, they have allowed themselves to be the moderate wing of the Liberal Party, and they should be ashamed for that. The Liberals can count on the loyal support of the NDP whenever they move to ram their agenda through the House. Since 2019, when the Liberals were reduced to a minority government, the NDP has supported the shutting down of debate on 14 different occasions. It is high time that the NDP distances itself from the tired Liberal government that is demonstrably anti-working class and increasingly anti-democratic. Perhaps its members can start by standing against this undemocratic motion in the House today. In June 2019, the NDP <a data-HoCid=\"278812\" href=\"/politicians/peter-julian/\" title=\"Peter Julian\">House leader</a> argued against the Liberal majority government when it moved to curtail debate. Back then, he said the Liberals \u201cpromised to work with the opposition parties and all members. Instead, they are imposing gag orders\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937560\" data-originallang=\"en\">At a time when tensions are rising in this country, let us take the opportunity to demonstrate to Canadians that their elected officials can collaborate in the national interest. We can and should stand together to get the best results for Canadians.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6937543\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je partagerai mon temps de parole avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"278473\" href=\"/politicians/brad-vis/\" title=\"Brad Vis\">Mission\u2014Matsqui\u2014Fraser Canyon</a>, qui, me dit-il, est la circonscription num\u00e9ro un de tout le Canada. Il se trouve que je pense que c'est Barrie\u2014Innisfil qui occupe cette place.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937544\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'entr\u00e9e de jeu, permettez-moi d'exprimer ma profonde d\u00e9ception face \u00e0 la r\u00e9ponse du gouvernement \u00e0 ce que je croyais \u00eatre une demande raisonnable de la part de l\u2019opposition. Dans une motion de l\u2019opposition, nous avons demand\u00e9 que le gouvernement pr\u00e9sente, avant le 28 f\u00e9vrier, un plan pour sortir de la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19 et limiter ou annuler toutes les restrictions et toutes les exigences relatives \u00e0 la vaccination. Nous assistons \u00e0 un effet d'entra\u00eenement \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle du pays, dans les provinces, o\u00f9 les premiers ministres annoncent \u00e0 la population qu\u2019\u00e0 une certaine date, les restrictions seront lev\u00e9es. Cela fait craindre \u00e0 tout cynique que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral ne veuille pas mettre fin aux restrictions et aux exigences vaccinales, ne veuille pas unir les Canadiens et ne veuille pas leur donner de l\u2019espoir. Apr\u00e8s deux ans de pertes de vies et de moyens de subsistance et de faillites d\u2019entreprises, ils ne peuvent pas appuyer cette mesure, qui montre bien que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> et le Parti lib\u00e9ral veulent que la situation continue, pour une raison que j'ignore. Je suis profond\u00e9ment d\u00e9\u00e7u que nous en soyons l\u00e0 au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937545\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'interviens aujourd\u2019hui pour parler de la derni\u00e8re tentative des lib\u00e9raux de faire peu de cas du Parlement. Aujourd\u2019hui, la Chambre \u00e9tudie la motion n<sup>o</sup> 8 du gouvernement, qui \u00e9nonce les conditions draconiennes dans lesquelles la Chambre doit \u00e9tudier le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11525611\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-10/\" title=\"An Act respecting certain measures related to COVID-19\">C-10</a>. Cette mesure est louable \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 qu'elle autoriserait le <a data-HoCid=\"278906\" href=\"/politicians/jean-yves-duclos/\" title=\"Jean-Yves Duclos\">ministre de la Sant\u00e9</a> \u00e0 acheter des tests de d\u00e9pistage COVID-19 \u2014 dont la majorit\u00e9 seraient des tests rapides \u2014 \u00e0 hauteur de 2,5 milliards de dollars. Elle donnerait \u00e9galement au ministre le pouvoir de commencer \u00e0 distribuer ces tests le 1<sup>er</sup> avril de cette ann\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937546\" data-originallang=\"en\">Depuis le d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie, le Parti conservateur r\u00e9clame avec insistance un meilleur acc\u00e8s aux tests rapides pour tous les Canadiens. En fait, en avril 2020, un distributeur de tests rapides a communiqu\u00e9 avec moi et m\u2019a dit que le processus \u00e9tait bloqu\u00e9 \u00e0 Sant\u00e9 Canada et que l\u2019approbation des tests rapides ne progressait pas aussi rapidement qu\u2019elle le devrait, en d\u00e9pit du fait qu\u2019ils aient \u00e9t\u00e9 approuv\u00e9s par la FDA aux \u00c9tats-Unis pour une utilisation d\u2019urgence, et par des organes du Conseil de l'Europe. On peut soutenir que ces organismes de r\u00e9glementation de premier ordre sont les meilleurs au monde. Il ne s\u2019agit pas de discr\u00e9diter Sant\u00e9 Canada, mais j'ai soulign\u00e9 le probl\u00e8me en avril 2020 et je sais que mes coll\u00e8gues l'ont fait aussi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937547\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lors de la campagne \u00e9lectorale, nous avions promis de mettre fin aux retards bureaucratiques qui emp\u00eachaient l\u2019approbation des tests rapides au Canada. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, les tests approuv\u00e9s au Royaume\u2011Uni, aux \u00c9tats\u2011Unis et dans l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne n\u2019\u00e9taient pas approuv\u00e9s au Canada. Pourquoi en \u00e9tait-il ainsi, alors que ces organismes de r\u00e9glementation de premier ordre les approuvaient d\u00e9j\u00e0? Nous avions promis de rendre les trousses de d\u00e9pistage \u00e0 domicile facilement accessibles \u00e0 tous les Canadiens, de d\u00e9ployer des tests rapides \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re et \u00e0 d\u2019autres points d\u2019entr\u00e9e et de fournir aux gouvernements provinciaux suffisamment de tests pour que les \u00e9coles restent ouvertes. Notre soutien \u00e0 l\u2019utilisation g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9e des tests rapides a \u00e9t\u00e9 in\u00e9branlable, et il l\u2019est encore aujourd\u2019hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937548\" data-originallang=\"en\">Malgr\u00e9 le fait que les lib\u00e9raux aient tra\u00een\u00e9 les pattes pour mettre ces outils essentiels entre les mains des Canadiens, ils peuvent compter sur notre soutien pour la mesure l\u00e9gislative \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude. Nous n\u2019essayons pas d\u2019en arr\u00eater l'adoption. Nous essayons simplement d\u2019obtenir un certain contr\u00f4le, car nous pensons que ce projet de loi pourrait \u00eatre renforc\u00e9 et nous aimerions proposer trois amendements pleins de bon sens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937549\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour commencer, nous appuyons un amendement qui permettrait au <a data-HoCid=\"278906\" href=\"/politicians/jean-yves-duclos/\" title=\"Jean-Yves Duclos\">ministre</a> de d\u00e9ployer les tests plus t\u00f4t s'il en a la possibilit\u00e9. C\u2019est raisonnable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937550\" data-originallang=\"en\">Deuxi\u00e8mement, nous proposons un amendement pour exiger que les contrats pour ces tests soient d\u00e9pos\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chambre. C\u2019est une autre demande raisonnable. Rappelons-nous pourquoi nous demandons cela. Ce sont les m\u00eames lib\u00e9raux qui ont trouv\u00e9 le temps, au plus fort d\u2019une pand\u00e9mie, de remettre un contrat de 900 millions de dollars \u00e0 leurs amis de l\u2019organisme caritatif UNIS et un autre contrat \u00e0 fournisseur unique d\u2019une valeur de 237 millions de dollars \u00e0 l\u2019ancien d\u00e9put\u00e9 lib\u00e9ral Frank Baylis. Je ne pense pas qu\u2019il soit d\u00e9raisonnable de s\u2019attendre \u00e0 ce que ces contrats fassent l\u2019objet d\u2019une certaine surveillance et d\u2019un certain examen. Le gouvernement et certainement ces lib\u00e9raux ne devraient pas jouir de la confiance aveugle de la Chambre. Ils ont prouv\u00e9 par le pass\u00e9 que cette confiance devait \u00eatre remise en question. Cela \u00e9tant, nous devrions exiger le plus haut degr\u00e9 de transparence, surtout lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit de d\u00e9penses urgentes li\u00e9es \u00e0 la COVID\u201119.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937551\" data-originallang=\"en\">Troisi\u00e8mement, les conservateurs proposent un amendement exigeant que le ministre fasse rapport sur le d\u00e9ploiement de ces tests pour que l\u2019on s\u2019assure qu\u2019ils sont utilis\u00e9s dans le cadre d\u2019un plan visant \u00e0 assouplir les restrictions de la COVID. En bref, nous voulons faire en sorte que cet investissement de l\u2019argent des contribuables soit utilis\u00e9 pour aider les Canadiens \u00e0 reprendre une vie normale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937552\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je n\u2019aimerais rien de plus que de d\u00e9battre du m\u00e9rite de ces amendements, mais les lib\u00e9raux et leurs partenaires de coalition du NPD font \u00e9quipe pour faire adopter ce projet de loi \u00e0 toute vapeur \u00e0 la Chambre. La motion n<sup>o</sup> 8 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par le gouvernement pr\u00e9voit un d\u00e9bat \u00e9court\u00e9 en deuxi\u00e8me lecture et un vote unique qui s\u2019appliquerait aux autres \u00e9tapes du processus l\u00e9gislatif. Si les lib\u00e9raux obtiennent ce qu\u2019ils veulent, il n\u2019y aura pas d\u2019autres d\u00e9bats, pas de responsabilit\u00e9 minist\u00e9rielle en comit\u00e9, pas de t\u00e9moignages d\u2019intervenants et pas de possibilit\u00e9 pour les partis d\u2019opposition de proposer des amendements.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937553\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"278913\" href=\"/politicians/mark-holland/\" title=\"Mark Holland\">leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre</a> offre \u00e0 la Chambre un choix binaire, et en vertu de cette motion, nous pouvons soit accepter le projet de loi tel qu\u2019il est, soit laisser les Canadiens avec moins de tests disponibles pour le d\u00e9pistage de la COVID. Le leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre tente de priver la Chambre d\u2019une troisi\u00e8me option: appuyer un projet de loi renforc\u00e9 en int\u00e9grant les amendements de l\u2019opposition. Au lieu de cela, sans m\u00eame un seul mot de d\u00e9bat sur le projet de loi, le leader parlementaire du gouvernement a pris les devants en proposant de mettre fin au d\u00e9bat. Cette motion est un abus de pouvoir flagrant, et les lib\u00e9raux sont aid\u00e9s et encourag\u00e9s par un malheureux partenaire de coalition.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937554\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cela dit, je reconnais la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de faire adopter rapidement le projet de loi par la Chambre, et vendredi, j\u2019ai envoy\u00e9 \u00e0 tous les leaders parlementaires une lettre proposant un plan pour disposer du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11525611\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-10/\" title=\"An Act respecting certain measures related to COVID-19\">C\u201110</a> d\u2019ici mercredi cette semaine. La proposition pr\u00e9voyait un d\u00e9bat en deuxi\u00e8me lecture aujourd\u2019hui, une \u00e9tude acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9e en comit\u00e9 demain et l\u2019adoption finale mercredi. La proposition contenait \u00e9galement un ordre de comparution du <a data-HoCid=\"278906\" href=\"/politicians/jean-yves-duclos/\" title=\"Jean-Yves Duclos\">ministre de la Sant\u00e9</a> devant le comit\u00e9 et la proposition d\u2019amendements lors de l\u2019examen habituel du projet de loi, article par article. Ma proposition permettrait \u00e0 l\u2019opposition de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 un examen approfondi et de proposer des am\u00e9liorations au projet de loi sans sacrifier le calendrier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral fix\u00e9 par le gouvernement pour transformer en loi le projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937555\" data-originallang=\"en\">La Chambre doit \u00e9galement se rappeler que le S\u00e9nat a accept\u00e9 une motion du gouvernement visant \u00e0 ajourner l\u2019autre endroit pendant toute la semaine. Par cons\u00e9quent, que le projet de loi soit adopt\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre aujourd\u2019hui ou mercredi, il ne sera pas examin\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019autre endroit avant la semaine prochaine. Peu importe la diligence raisonnable que nous appliquerons au projet de loi \u00e0 la Chambre cette semaine, cela ne retardera pas la sanction royale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937556\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais maintenant prendre quelques instants pour m\u2019adresser \u00e0 nos coll\u00e8gues du NPD.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937557\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je leur demande de se souvenir qu\u2019ils sont le parti de Jack Layton et de Tommy Douglas. \u00c0 cette \u00e9poque, leur parti d\u00e9fendait les travailleurs, les Canadiens \u00e0 faible revenu et les droits d\u00e9mocratiques des d\u00e9put\u00e9s de la Chambre des communes. Ce n\u2019est plus le cas aujourd\u2019hui. Le NPD a abandonn\u00e9 ses principes de base. C\u2019est peut-\u00eatre parce que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du NPD ont un chef qui est plus int\u00e9ress\u00e9 par sa pr\u00e9sence sur les m\u00e9dias sociaux que par les politiques sociales et leur impact sur les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937558\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par exemple, le NPD lutte ouvertement contre les emplois des tuyauteurs et des m\u00e9tallurgistes syndiqu\u00e9s chaque fois qu\u2019il s\u2019oppose \u00e0 de nouveaux pipelines qui ne pr\u00e9sentent aucun danger pour l\u2019environnement. Le NPD applaudit le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> chaque fois qu\u2019il parle de supprimer progressivement les emplois de Canadiens qui travaillent dur dans le secteur p\u00e9trolier et gazier. Ces derniers jours, le NPD a refus\u00e9 de d\u00e9fendre les droits des minorit\u00e9s de travailleurs qui ont perdu leur travail \u00e0 cause de mesures obligatoires et discriminatoires du gouvernement. Le NPD appuie la taxe lib\u00e9rale sur le carbone qui nuit de fa\u00e7on disproportionn\u00e9e aux plus pauvres de notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Il appuie les hausses des charges sociales qui font en sorte que les travailleurs \u00e0 faible salaire ont plus de difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 joindre les deux bouts. Et la liste continue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937559\" data-originallang=\"en\"> \u00c0 la Chambre des communes, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du NPD se sont attribu\u00e9 le r\u00f4le d\u2019aile mod\u00e9r\u00e9e du Parti lib\u00e9ral: ils devraient en avoir honte. Les lib\u00e9raux peuvent compter sur le soutien loyal du NPD chaque fois qu\u2019ils veulent forcer l\u2019adoption de leur programme \u00e0 la Chambre. Depuis 2019, lorsque les lib\u00e9raux ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9duits \u00e0 un gouvernement minoritaire, le NPD a appuy\u00e9 la cl\u00f4ture du d\u00e9bat \u00e0 14 reprises. Il est grand temps que le NPD prenne ses distances avec un gouvernement lib\u00e9ral fatigu\u00e9 qui est manifestement hostile \u00e0 la classe ouvri\u00e8re et de plus en plus antid\u00e9mocratique. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du NPD peuvent peut-\u00eatre commencer par s\u2019opposer \u00e0 la motion antid\u00e9mocratique soumise \u00e0 la Chambre aujourd\u2019hui. En juin 2019, le <a data-HoCid=\"278812\" href=\"/politicians/peter-julian/\" title=\"Peter Julian\">leader parlementaire</a> du NPD s\u2019est oppos\u00e9 au gouvernement lib\u00e9ral majoritaire lorsque celui-ci a propos\u00e9 de couper court au d\u00e9bat. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, le NPD avait d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que les lib\u00e9raux avaient \u00ab promis de collaborer avec les partis d\u2019opposition et avec tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s. Au lieu de cela, ils nous imposent des motions de cl\u00f4ture \u00bb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6937560\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 un moment o\u00f9 les tensions augmentent dans le pays, profitons de l\u2019occasion pour d\u00e9montrer aux Canadiens que leurs \u00e9lus sont capables de collaborer dans l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat national. Nous pouvons et nous devons faire front commun pour obtenir les meilleurs r\u00e9sultats pour les Canadiens.</p>"
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