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I am here because I love my country.
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Unlike the prime minister who picks
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whichever passport is most convenient in
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a given moment, I actually love Canada.
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Canada is the only country I've ever
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called home. It's the only country that
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I have any desire to be a citizen of.
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And it is an honor and a privilege to be
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a Canadian. I have always been proud of
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my country. I have always stood for my
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country. Unlike liberals who wrap
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themselves in the flag when it is
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politically convenient,
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I am not a fair weather patriot.
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And we will always on this side of the
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aisle, Mr. Speaker, stand up for Canada
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and be proud in our Canadian identity
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and proud of our country. This means
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being proud in the institutions of this
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place, being proud of our history, being
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proud of the people who built this
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country, and standing for those who seek
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to celebrate and preserve Canada. Mr.
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Speaker, that is what brings me here.
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This is what I will do as a member of
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Parliament. So I do not take the fair
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weather patriots, those with their
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newfound celebration of Canadianism with
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their flags still creased and wrapped in
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plastic practically as they seek to
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lecture Canadians on what it means to be
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an elbows up Canadian. Mr. Speaker, I
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will always and have always waved the
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Canadian flag proudly and I will not
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stand by while those who were
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denigrating people who did that years
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ago claim to have the moral high ground
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on what it means to be a Canadian. Now,
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This is a chamber that gives us who sit
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in it a tremendous honor to be a part of
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the direction this country is going to
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take. I do not enter into that likely. I
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am honored to be here. I am grateful to
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my constituents and pledge to serve them
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and all Canadians. May God bless the
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work we do in this house and may God
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bless Canada, Mr. Speaker. Great.
