In the #HoC for Friday #QP, and @AlexandraBrStL is in the big chair.
Deltell leads off, asks about the QCCA decision on the sentencing of the Quebec mosque shooter.
Virani says they are examining the ruling.

And now Deltell moves to vaccine distribution.
MacKinnon reminds him the nothing is approved and that Canada is working with provinces to ensure they are ready. #QP

Uppal reads some misleading statements about vaccine production.
Amos tells him that they have I creased investment in biomanufacturing capacity. #QP

Normandin leads for the Bloc, raises the moral panic of judicial appointments.
Virani reads that they have an open and transparent system.
As a reminder, here is my @CBAnatmag on this: https://www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/law/judiciary/2020/in-support-of-a-process-based-on-merit #QP

Blaney reads for NDP, asks about Human Rights Tribunal decision about non-status Indigenous children.
Miller says they are examining the ruling and are looking to expand their definitions per the order. #QP

Rempel Garener asks how many vaccines will be received weekly as they are “just in time” and not stored.
MacKinnon says the best minds are on the logistics. #QP

Rempel Garner asks if CSIS or RCMP briefed government on the CanSino vaccine candidate.
Blair says they listen to national security advice. #QP

Généreux complains a local company couldn’t get francophone temporary foreign workers.
Martinez Ferrada says the IRCC processing has remained open and have been working to reduce COVID delays. #QP

Gill demands to know when Quebec will start receiving vaccines and how many per week.
MacKinnon repeats that they can’t give accurate numbers until there are approvals. #QP

Ste-Marie reads a number of falsehoods about the vaccine race and capacity in Canada.
Amos reminds him that we were behind because the Conservatives were hostile to science. #QP

Gray worries there was insufficient engagement on the UK trade deal.
Bendayan reads that this was not really a new agreement, but a rollover of CETA which was seven years in the works. #QP

Berthold demands no Supply Management concessions in the UK agreement.
Bendayan (after some confusion) assures him this is not the case. #QP

Collins demands more help for small businesses, as some start-ups don’t qualify for current aid.
Bendayan reads about how great the new programmes are and tells her to direct new businesses to the regional development agency. #QP

Johns demands the government wave a magic wand and create childcare spaces in provincial jurisdiction.
Hussen reminds him they are working on it with the provinces. #QP

Dan Albas blames money laundering for opioid deaths and says the federal government is responsible for not resourcing the RCMP.
Blair reminds him the Conservatives cut the RCMP’s money laundering unit and the new government reinvested in it. #QP

Brad Vis is shouting into his microphone.
I pity the interpreters who suffer damage when MPs behave like this. #QP

Kurek is worried about rural crime, never mind that policing is a provincial jurisdiction.
Blair says that provinces must account for money the federal government sent them. #QP

Blanchette-Joncas says the tourism is still waiting for help.
Sheehan reminds him of the regional development funds which are set aside for this purpose. #QP

Vidal wants canola farmers to continue to be able to use neonicanoid pesticides.
Ellis reads something completely unrelated. #QP

Copper and Jansen claim the government is forcing MAiD on disabled people.
Virani reminds him that the bill is about the autonomy and dignity of everyone who requests it. #QP

Carrie complains that his mother’s long-term care home doesn’t have rapid testing.
That sounds like a provincial problem (as the Ford go has been sitting on millions of tests). #QP

And that is all for Friday #QP.
Thanks for following, and hopefully I managed not to break the thread.