Madam Speaker, my colleague raised a few interesting points in her speech earlier. I do not have time to comment on her whole speech, but I would like to ask her a quick question.
One point she raised really struck me. She made a number of arguments in favour of using the Emergencies Act.
Here is the question I would like to ask her. Why did the government decide to invoke the Emergencies Act here and now in 2022?
How many times has it been used over the past 30 years? How many crises have been resolved without this act? What makes this crisis so much more significant than all the others? Why is the act necessary in this case? Why could the situation not have been resolved without it?