Charlie Angus

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I do not want to challenge you, but I think it will be the fifth time I have retracted and apologized.

I can do it a sixth time: I retract and apologize.

Can I continue?

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, that is within my purview—

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I am very sorry that we had to witness the abuse at that committee—

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Mr. Speaker, I will say this for the third time: I retract it. I apologize.

Can I continue?

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, you did hear it before, so you will hear it again: I retract and I apologize.

I certainly apologize, as well, for anybody who had to watch the behaviour of the Conservatives who shut down our committee with screaming, shouting and intimidation for eight straight hours. The reason they did that was so the public would not hear these facts, which is why we have to deal with these constant interruptions. When we talk about facts with Conservatives, they are threatened by them.

I think I made a very clear—

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, it is very telling because we did have to listen to eight hours of screaming, shouting and intimidation—

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Mr. Speaker, yes, certainly, I retract it, but I will now go back to the point—

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I retract it, but I do know that they have met with neo-Nazis from Germany. That is a separate issue.

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I was pretty sure that I used it as a simile, that these were the tactics they were using—

[Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, April 11th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I was talking about the politics of intimidation. I was talking about how my daughter's photos were being posted online. I was talking about—