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Victims Ombudsman Mr. Speaker, once again, the Liberal government is demonstrating that victims of crime are a low priority for it. For the past half year, the position of victims ombudsman has remained vacant. The victims ombudsman is an integral resource for victims, including addressing their c
March 4th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Foreign Affairs Madam Speaker, I share the hon. parliamentary secretary's sentiments and I concur with him that Taiwan is an important ally to Canada in terms of our trade, our people-to-people links and our shared values. That is why the government's inaction to strongly signal its support for
March 1st, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Foreign Affairs Madam Speaker, on December 9, 2021, I posed a question to the government seeking clarification as to what support Canada was providing our democratic ally Taiwan, in the face of escalating tension in the Taiwan Strait and increased aggression on the part of the Chinese Communist
March 1st, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, the member is quite right that the conditions that must be satisfied in order to invoke the Emergencies Act were not met and were not even close to being met. Member after member on the side opposite, and their friends in the NDP, downplay and minimize the exceptiona
February 21st, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Madam Speaker, my colleague from Terrebonne very eloquently expressed the reasons why the threshold has not been satisfied under the Emergencies Act. What we have instead is an unprecedented overreach on the part of the government that threatens the foundations of democracy. As t
February 20th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, the hon. member claimed that I was taking a photo with swastikas and that is an absolute—
February 20th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, I withdraw the comment.
February 20th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Madam Speaker, this legislation, the Emergencies Act, has been on the books for 34 years and it has never been invoked. The hon. member gave a 20-minute speech but not once did he talk about the legal threshold that must be satisfied, namely that the emergency is a situation that
February 19th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Madam Speaker, the member for Shefford spoke thoughtfully about how we got here. She alluded to comments the Prime Minister made, casting a broad brush to all of the folks who came to Ottawa and the millions of Canadians who supported them. Would she agree that the Prime Minist
February 19th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, there are 119 Conservative members of Parliament who are working every single day to fight for their constituents, including those who have been adversely affected by the government's tyrannical policies.
February 17th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, the ball is in the Prime Minister's court. He created this crisis. It is up to him to solve the crisis, and solving the crisis does not begin by invoking the Emergencies Act. It cannot be justified in the circumstances.
February 17th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, the issue at hand is whether the threshold has been met to invoke the Emergencies Act. That is the question. Based upon a review of the legislation, it is very clear that the bar has not been set, with respect to the blockades. It was existing law enforcement tools a
February 17th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Emergencies Act Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak this evening to the government's unprecedented invocation of the Emergencies Act. This act has been on the books for 34 years, and in those 34 years it has not been used on a single occasion: not during the Oka crisis, not during Caledonia, not in the
February 17th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition. Thirty years ago, on February 26, 1992, 613 Azerbaijanis, including 103 women and 63 children, were massacred by the Armenian army in a two-hour offensive attack on the civilian town of Khojaly. This was one of the worst massacres, and
February 16th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative
Act Respecting Certain Measures Related to COVID-19 Mr. Speaker, what I am saying is that the government has messed up. The government has failed to provide leadership when it comes to getting rapid tests out the door. The government has dropped the ball repeatedly. Is the hon. member proud of the fact that his government delive
February 14th, 2022House debate
Michael CooperConservative