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Paula Simons

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Mar 13

There is so much misinformation floating around about Bill S-233. The discourse is so toxic, I almost hate to weigh in. But in all honesty, I feel I have a duty to address some of the misunderstandings - and disinformation - about this bill. #SenCa parl.ca/DocumentViewer…

The false claim out there is that this is a government bill, now at third reading, which will take away people's rights to various social supports such as OAS, EI, and others, unless they conform to government health and social edicts. That is absolutely untrue.

@KPateontheHill

In the first place, this isn't a goverment bill at all. It's what we in the Senate call a "Senate public bill" - which is the Senatorial parallel to a private member's bill. In this case, it's sponsored by @KPateontheHill, one of our most independent Independent senators.

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Paula Simons

@Paulatics

Feb 23

Sen. Patti Laboucan-Benson ask Sen. Plett if he thinks the government should have given in to the demands of protestors and lift all mandates. Is that the kind of precedent we want?

Sen. Plett said he never agreed with the Memorandum of Understanding. Says he thought it was silly, but that nobody took it seriously, and it didn't come from the Alberta leaders, anyway.

Sen. Laboucan-Benson tries again. Should a government give in to illegal activity? Should the government have lifted the mandates as demanded?

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Paula Simons

@Paulatics

Feb 23

Sen. Michele Audette, one of our newest senators, is speaking now. This is her first-ever Senate speech. She is an Indigenous senator from Quebec, and a long-time activist for Indigenous and women's rights.

She says, speaking in French, that she believes profoundly in the right to peaceful protest. She enumerates some of the many protests in which she, herself, has taken part, beginning with Idle No More.

The question she keeps asking herself is whether a three-week protest by Indigenous (or Black) activists would have been allowed to continue in this way. The answer, she says, is no.

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Paula Simons

@Paulatics

Feb 23

Sen. Coyle asks Tannas a question about a poll he cited that said 39 % of Canadians oppose the act. Is that fair, she says, when many Canadians are misinformed and believe that this is the War Measures Act.

Sen. Tannas says the Emergencies Act has never been used and we've gone more than 30 years without it, despite difficult times for this country.

"I think Canadians know it is not a piece of legislation that should be used lightly," says Tannas. And they know it infringes on liberties. The poll, he says, highlights our divisions.

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Paula Simons

@Paulatics

Feb 23

Sen. Tannas says the majority of trucks parked on Wellington Street were from Ontario & Quebec. Says he couldn't find an Alberta truck. Says this was a national protest, with groundswell of support from across this country. Says millions of Canadians identified with this protest.

Sen. Tannas says people came to protest government intrusion in their lives. Now, they are facing even more intrusion via the Emergencies Act. Tannas says we need an unflinching inquiry into the failures that led to this occupation.

Nonetheless, Sen. Tannas says the government did its job, and made the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act responsibly, based on the information they had at the time.

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Paula Simons

@Paulatics

Feb 23

Good morning! The Senate is back in session, for a second full day of debate on Motion 17, the confirmation of the Emergencies Act. Starting a new thread this morning, as ISG senator David Arnot continues the speech he started yesterday. #SenCa #cdnpoli

The occupation of Ottawa, says Sen Arnot was not protected political protest. It was a well organized, well funded attempt to overthrow the government of Canada #SenCa #cdnpoli

Equally concerning, says Sen. Arnot, where the unpredecented border blockades. This extraordinary event required an extraordinary response, he says.

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