Philip Lawrence on Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation Act

In the House of Commons on April 21st, 2026. See this statement in context.

Bill C-10 Motions in AmendmentCommissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation ActGovernment Orders

April 21st, 2026 / 5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Clarke, ON

Mr. Speaker, the member and I share a reverence for an old book that describes how when a nation has sins, it puts all the sins onto a goat and drives the goat out, and with it all the sins of the nation.

Does the member see the analogy here? When the government failed to live up to its treaty obligations, it put this commissioner up as its scapegoat.

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