Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-02-04 10:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton\u2014Melville, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton\u2014Melville, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6914481\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak today to a bill that would implement certain measures of the November economic and fiscal update. Although these are trying times for our country, I have every reason to feel hopeful, but it is not because of this legislation. On January 25, I stood at the side of the road in Whitewood, Saskatchewan, as truckers drove away from their families toward Ottawa. By now, every member of Parliament, and I am sure almost every Canadian, has seen and heard what these peaceful protesters are asking for. They are in our capital because a whole two years into the pandemic, the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> has decided to put our supply chain at further risk with a punitive vaccine mandate for our cross-border truckers. These are the same truckers who have been going above and beyond to keep our grocery and retail store shelves stocked over the past two years with no issue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914482\" data-originallang=\"en\">At the start of the pandemic, politicians of all stripes, including the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a>, encouraged Canadians to thank truckers as some of the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Now, a whole two years into the pandemic, his vaccine vendetta will disrupt supply chains further and raise the cost of everyday goods more, impacting our economy and quality of life.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914483\" data-originallang=\"en\">Already feeling the pinch of what bills like Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C-8</a> are doing to our economy, these truckers are losing their means of providing for their families. They are joining doctors, nurses, police, firefighters, teachers, lawyers, members of our armed forces, miners, factory workers, public servants and so many others whose income has been or will be cut off because of their medical choices. They are not encouraged by bills like this one, which promise even more money for proof-of-vaccination requirements across the country. It sends completely the wrong message to our economy, to our trading partners and to Canadians. That is why they are standing up.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914484\" data-originallang=\"en\">This convoy has exposed many of the frustrations truckers, farmers and hard-working families are feeling with the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> and his government. They are tired of overburdensome taxes and reckless spending. They are tired of heavy-handed limits on their ability to provide for their families. They are tired of a government that is intent on driving Canadians apart.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914485\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am pleased to see that the convoy, which was initially focused on ending a punitive vaccine mandate for truckers, has evolved and bloomed into a voice for all Canadians who fundamentally believe in personal freedom. To see people standing up for their rights and freedoms makes me so proud to be Canadian\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6914481\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis heureuse d\u2019avoir l\u2019occasion aujourd\u2019hui de parler d\u2019un projet de loi qui mettrait en \u0153uvre certaines mesures pr\u00e9vues dans la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique et budg\u00e9taire de novembre dernier. M\u00eame si notre pays conna\u00eet des jours difficiles, j\u2019ai beaucoup de raisons de garder espoir, mais cela n'a rien \u00e0 voir avec ce projet de loi. J\u2019\u00e9tais sur le bord de la route \u00e0 Whitewood, en Saskatchewan, quand les camionneurs ont laiss\u00e9 leur famille derri\u00e8re pour prendre le chemin d\u2019Ottawa. Depuis, tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, et tous les Canadiens, je pense, ont vu ces manifestants pacifiques et entendu leur demande. Ils sont dans notre capitale parce que, deux ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie, le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de mettre encore plus en p\u00e9ril notre cha\u00eene d\u2019approvisionnement en imposant des exigences de vaccination punitives \u00e0 nos camionneurs transfrontaliers. Ce sont les m\u00eames camionneurs qui se d\u00e9m\u00e8nent depuis deux ans pour que nos \u00e9piceries et nos magasins puissent garnir leurs tablettes sans probl\u00e8me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914482\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie, les politiciens de tous les horizons, dont le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a>, ont encourag\u00e9 les Canadiens \u00e0 remercier les camionneurs, ces h\u00e9ros m\u00e9connus de la pand\u00e9mie. Maintenant, apr\u00e8s deux ann\u00e9es de pand\u00e9mie, sa vendetta vaccinale perturbera davantage les cha\u00eenes d\u2019approvisionnement et haussera le co\u00fbt des biens de consommation, un coup dur pour notre \u00e9conomie et notre qualit\u00e9 de vie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914483\" data-originallang=\"en\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 durement \u00e9prouv\u00e9s par les effets de projets de loi comme le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11496808\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-8/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures\">C\u20118</a> sur l'\u00e9conomie, ces camionneurs sont en train de perdre leurs moyens de subvenir aux besoins de leur famille. Ils se joignent aux m\u00e9decins, infirmiers, policiers, pompiers, enseignants, avocats, membres des forces arm\u00e9es, mineurs, travailleurs d'usine, fonctionnaires et autres qui ont vu ou qui verront leur revenu diminuer \u00e0 cause de leurs choix m\u00e9dicaux. Ils ne sont gu\u00e8re encourag\u00e9s par des projets de loi comme celui-ci, qui promet encore plus d'argent pour mettre en \u0153uvre des exigences li\u00e9es \u00e0 la preuve vaccinale partout au pays. Cela envoie un bien mauvais signal aux intervenants \u00e9conomiques, \u00e0 nos partenaires commerciaux et aux Canadiens en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. C'est pour cela qu'ils r\u00e9sistent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914484\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce convoi a mis en lumi\u00e8re bon nombre des frustrations que ressentent des camionneurs, des agriculteurs et des familles de travailleurs envers le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> et le gouvernement. Ils en ont assez du fardeau fiscal trop lourd et des d\u00e9penses inconsid\u00e9r\u00e9es. Ils en ont assez des contraintes excessives qui limitent leur capacit\u00e9 de subvenir aux besoins de leur famille. Ils en ont assez de ce gouvernement qui cherche \u00e0 diviser les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6914485\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis heureuse de voir que le convoi, qui visait d'abord \u00e0 mettre fin \u00e0 une obligation vaccinale punitive pour les camionneurs, a \u00e9volu\u00e9 pour donner une voix \u00e0 tous les Canadiens qui croient fondamentalement aux libert\u00e9s individuelles. Quand je vois des gens d\u00e9fendre leurs droits et leurs libert\u00e9s, je suis tr\u00e8s fi\u00e8re d'\u00eatre Canadienne...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/2/4/cathay-wagantall-1/",
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    "source_id": "11495689",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021",
        "fr": "Loi d\u2019ex\u00e9cution de la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique et budg\u00e9taire de 2021"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/2/4/",
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