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Health  Mr. Speaker, we are all incredibly excited as we start to see life post-COVID. That is precisely why we have started to release or adjust some of the border measures, but we are going to do this in a cautious, responsible manner to ensure that all of the hard work and all of the sacrifices that Canadians have made are not lost.

June 22nd, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, once again, only the Conservatives can accuse a government of a cover-up, when we actually provided all of the documents to two separate committees. One was with redactions to protect national security and another in a completely unredacted form. It is unfortunate that the Conservative members did not trust their own committee representation on that committee.

June 22nd, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, once again we see Conservatives showing no shame in playing politics with national security. In fact, we have provided documents to two separate committees: one in a way that is measured for taking into account national security preparations, and the other was a fully unredacted release of documents to NSICOP, where members and the committee itself have all of the national security measures in place.

June 22nd, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, as stated already, the documents have been provided to two separate committees. I have a question for the member opposite. Why does he refer to the work of NSICOP when it suits his needs in committee to prove a point, but when he is playing politics and it no longer suits him, he throws the integrity and the work of NSICOP under the bus?

June 22nd, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, the only thing awkward is the Conservatives' policy when it comes to border measures. On social media, they say “tighten the border measures”. In the House, they say “loosen all restrictions” without any basis in science or evidence. The approach we are taking is a cautious one.

June 22nd, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, once again, we have taken the concerns of Canadians seriously throughout this pandemic. It is the opposition members and their own caucus who cannot seem to get their story straight when it comes to which measures they want to follow. We are guided by science and evidence every step of the way.

June 22nd, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, of course we care. Our entire government has been working throughout this pandemic to care for Canadians, to keep them safe throughout a global pandemic, which many of us have never seen before. All of the measures that we have put in place have been done with the advice from scientists, experts and doctors, with the purpose of stopping the spread of COVID-19 and saving lives.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, nothing could be further from the truth. One of the first commitments we made in our mandate was for additional support for provinces and territories, specifically around mental health supports. This is something we have been committed to not just throughout the pandemic, but every single day of our mandate we have been working to help support the mental health needs of Canadians.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, we know that any life lost to suicide is one life too many. This is precisely why we did not just act in the last 188 days. We have acted over the last five years to bring the mental health supports and the investment that provinces and territories have asked for. We provided throughout the pandemic the funding needed to create wellnesstogether.ca.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, what Canadians deserve is a Leader of the Opposition who does not put the national security of Canadians at risk for a political stunt based on his own innuendo and conspiracy theories. We have provided all of the documents, and I do not know how many times the government has to say that, in a manner that is safe and secure, unredacted, to those members.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is playing a very dangerous game. As the Prime Minister has stated, we have provided the requested documents to the Canada-China committee with protections in place for privacy and national security. We then went further and provided unredacted documents to the only committee that has members with security clearance as well as the right safety protocols.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, only the Leader of the Opposition considers the fact that our government has provided all of the documents unredacted in a secure manner to be somehow a cover-up. Either the member opposite does not understand national security or he simply does not care. We have provided those documents.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, if the Leader of the Opposition cares about national security, he has a pretty funny way of showing it. We have provided all of the documents unredacted to NSICOP. Because the member opposite references his service, let me point out a quote from a professor from the Royal Military College of Canada in reference to the work of NSICOP.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, once again, only the Leader of the Opposition thinks that the government providing all of the documentation unredacted, as well as the documentation in a secure form to two separate committees, is somehow a cover-up. The Conservative leader is playing a dangerous game with national security matters for his own political stunts.

June 10th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Health  Madam Speaker, off the top, I do not know why the member opposite would find it to be a point of pride to not enforce quarantine measures. Local quarantine measures are in place for the purpose of actually protecting communities, so I find it odd that he finds it to be a point of pride to not enforce local public health measures.

June 8th, 2021House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal