Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says ongoing “vigorous” debates over the Emergencies Act are a sign of a healthy democracy, casting the discussion in a positive light a day after a major police action cleared protesters away from Parliament Hill on Saturday.
“The fact that there has been a vigorous debate taking place in Parliament, that will come to a vote in our democratically elected House of Commons tomorrow … to me is an affirmation that our democracy is strong,” he said in an interview on Rosemary Barton Live on Sunday.
MPs have been sparring in the House of Commons hour after hour,