First Government Speaker (Prime Minister) Parliamentary Debating

Script (5 minutes)

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Madame/Mr. Speaker, -- the Bill before the House today is

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The Government defines the key terms of this Bill as follows:

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The Government will be presenting three main points in support of the Bill:

1. That______

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2. That______

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3. That______

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I will be addressing the first point, the Minister of ______will be

speaking on the second and third points.

I turn now to the Government’s first point in support of the Bill:

That______;

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That concludes the Government’s first point.

Honourable Members, you have heard from me why

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My colleague, the Minister of ______will be explaining

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(Repeat third argument)______

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For these reasons it is in the interests of all Canadians to see this valuable piece of legislation passed. I call on all Members of the house to join me in offering unanimous support for this Bill.

Second Government Speaker (Minister of______) Parliamentary Debating Script (8 minutes)

SPEAK SLOWLY!!

Madame/Mr. Speaker – the Bill before the House today is

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The Government is presenting three main points in support of the Bill:

1. That______

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2. That______
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3. That______

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M. Speaker, the Prime Minister presented the first point. I will present the second and third point to this House.

Before I present these points, however, I would like to briefly rebut a few of the points raised by the Honourable Member opposite:

{REFER TO YOUR ATTACHED REBUTTAL]

I now turn to the Government’s case in support of the Bill. The Government’s second argument in support of this Bill is:

That______

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That concludes the Government’s second argument. I now move to the Government’s third point:

That______

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M. Speaker, that concludes the Government’s case in support of this Bill.

M. Speaker, you have heard from the Prime Minister:

(Repeat first argument)______

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and you have heard from me why

(Repeat second argument)______

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and

(Repeat third argument)______

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M. Speaker, for these reasons, this Bill is important to all Canadians, and I echo the Prime Minister’s words in calling on all Members of this House to support this valuable piece of legislation. M. Speaker, this Bill must – and will – pass!

First Opposition Speaker (Honourable Member) Parliamentary Debating Script (8 minutes)

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Madame/Mr. Speaker – the Bill before the House today is

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[M. Speaker, the Opposition disputes the definitions of the following terms in the Bill as proposed by the Government:]

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M. Speaker, this Bill must not be passed into law for the following reasons:

1. That______
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2. That______
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3. That______

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I will be addressing the first point. My colleague, the Leader of the Opposition, will address the second and third points.

Before I enter into the Opposition’s first argument in detail, however, I would like to deal with a few of the issues raised by the Prime Minister:

[ATTACH REBUTTAL PAGE]

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I turn now to the Opposition’s first argument against this Bill:

That______
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That concludes the Opposition’s first argument.

M. Speaker, you have heard from me why

(Repeat first argument)______

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The Leader of the Opposition will be explaining

(Repeat second argument)______

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and

(Repeat third argument)______

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M. Speaker, this Bill is not in the interests of Canadians. It is a step backwards! I call on the Government Members to come to their senses and reject this piece of legislation!! Thank you

Second Opposition Speaker (Leader of the Opposition) Parliamentary Debating Script (8 minutes)

SPEAK SLOWLY!!!

Madame/Mr. Speaker – the Bill before the House today is

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M. Speaker, this Bill must not pass!

Before I begin my case against this Bill, however, I would like to briefly rebut a few of the points raised by the Government speakers:

[REFER TO YOUR ATTACHED REBUTTAL]

I now turn to the Opposition’s case against this Bill. As you heard from my colleague, the Honourable Member from Okanagan Coquihalla, we are presenting three main arguments against the resolution:

1. That ______

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2. That______

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3. That______

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The Honourable Member has already explained our first point. I will deal with the second and third points against this Bill.

I turn now to the Opposition’s second argument against this Bill:

That______
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That concludes the Opposition’s second argument. I now move to the Opposition’s third argument:

That______

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That concludes the Opposition’s third argument against this bill.

M. Speaker, you have heard from the Honourable Member from Okanagan Coquihalla why

(Repeat first argument)______

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and you have heard from me why

(Repeat second argument)______

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and

(Repeat third argument)______

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M. Speaker, this Bill presents a threat to the Canadian way of life. It is an extremely harmful piece of legislation and for the reasons we have given it must not pass. Thank you.