Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino is a ‘Pinocchio’, the conservative opposition says, accusing him of ‘historical revisionism’ after police denied the claim calling for the Emergency Measures Act to end the blockades in the first place of the year.
“Pinocchio” seems to be the new nickname for the Minister of Public Securitylaunched the MP for Charlesbourg-Haute-Saint-Charles, Pierre Paul-Hus, during questioning on Monday in Ottawa, which immediately provoked the anger of MPs present in the Commons.
He was immediately called by the Speaker of the House Anthony Rota to order that the minister be compared to the fictional character whose nose grows whenever he lies or changes the truth.
I want to remind the member that you cannot do indirectly what you cannot do directlyhe said.
On three occasions, the honorable member quoted the minister as saying he used the law on the recommendation of the police.
Ignoring the president’s warning, Mr. Paul-Hus insisted on subsequent questions posed by the minister deliberately misleading Canadians and asked: When will he admit the truth?
In response, Minister Mendicino argued that the decision to implement the Emergency Act was need.
Yes, we consulted with the police before the invocation, he added. Yes, we sought advice from the police forces before the summons.
Virulent exchange
Minister Mendicino was the target of several attacks during Monday’s exchange, including a violent fight with another Conservative MP.
The Minister of Public Security seems to have studied Vladimir Putin’s theory of historical revisionismsent to him James Bezan, the Conservative ethics critic, who accused him of having invented these truth to justify his liberal taking.
The response did not last long. Mr. Mendicino denounced the comparison with the Russian president to deal with such a file.
It lowered this place, he offered to applaud. This underestimates what is happening in Ukraine and it is completely untrue, Mr. President. He should be reprimanded for that. He should delete that comment.
In mid -May, the acting Ottawa police chief said he had not asked the federal government to use the Emergency Act to end freedom convoy in February. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Brenda Lucki made similar comments last week.
Ms. explained. Lucki that the emergency powers have made it easier for police to stop the protest that lasted for weeks on the streets of Ottawa and that RCMP officials want to have access to these emergency powers when earlier. .
The Canadian Press
Source: Radio-Canada
