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House Hansard - 13

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West, CPC)
  • Dec/8/21 11:17:08 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I congratulate my colleague on her appointment as President of the Treasury Board Six hundred billion dollars was spent, with little or no oversight from the government. The Public Accounts should have been released in October, but still nothing from the government. When will the Public Accounts be tabled?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:17:49 p.m.
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Madam Chair, have the comptroller general, deputy receiver general and the Auditor General signed off on the public accounts yet?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:18:16 p.m.
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Madam Chair, have the public accounts been signed off yet by the comptroller general, deputy receiver general and the Auditor General?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:18:41 p.m.
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Madam Chair, is it true that the government has reopened the public accounts to make changes to them for political gain?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:18:59 p.m.
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Madam Chair, this is a very straightforward question and can be answered very simply with a yes or no. Is it true that the government has reopened the public accounts to make changes to them for political gain?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:19:23 p.m.
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Madam Chair, is it true that the public accounts were signed off on by the comptroller general, deputy receiver general and the Auditor General in the fall and then reopened to backload costs in order to make next year's budget numbers show a smaller deficit and a reduced debt-to-GDP ratio?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:19:58 p.m.
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Madam Chair, this is frightening. There is $600 billion in spending and the Liberals will not answer the simple question if the public accounts have been signed off on. Have the public accounts been reopened to have more money put in by this government?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:20:37 p.m.
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Madam Chair, will the President of the Treasury Board resign her position if it turns out she has misled the House on this issue of whether the government has reopened the public accounts to add in more costs for political gain?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:21:00 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the public accounts are normally tabled in this House in October. It is now mid-December. What is the government hiding? Why has it not tabled the public accounts yet?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:21:24 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the timeline is in October. I have an email from the executive assistant, Treasury Board Secretariat. It is a call letter telling the departments that the departmental results reports are due October 13 to Treasury Board with a date to publish and table in the House November 2. I know that the information has been loaded into the government's database and so it is ready to publish. Why is the government hiding these reports from Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:22:02 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the question is about the departmental results reports. The TBS website states that the departmental results reports “inform parliamentarians and Canadians of the results achieved by government organizations for Canadians.” We have an internal email that the departmental results were finalized and submitted to government on November 2, but the government has not tabled them yet. Why is it hiding this information from Canadians? Why is there a lack of transparency?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:22:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the departmental results reports are ready. From the government's own internal emails, they were ready November 2 and sent to the Treasury Board. The Information Commissioner, Caroline Maynard, has blamed the government's failure regarding the access to information system on the “culture of secrecy” that exists. What is the average number of days for completing an ATIP?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:23:34 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the minister has staff here right in front of her. I am sure they can look at that information and get back to us, and I will ask the question again. What is the legislated number of days allowed for answering an ATIP?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:24:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the legislation says 30 days. That is the law. The minister should know that. How many ATIPs are past the 30 days allowed by the legislation?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:24:30 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the minister's own departmental plan shows that the goal is to violate ATIP legislation 10% of the time for ATIP requests. Why is the government setting a goal for the legislation to be ignored for one out of every 10 ATIPs?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:25:03 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the Information Commissioner has stated that the disastrous ATIP mess long preceded COVID, so it is not an excuse. Will the minister commit to zero tolerance for not delivering on what is in the legislation regarding ATIPs?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:25:46 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the minister's own departmental plan, signed by the previous Treasury Board minister, sets a percentage for public service employees who indicate they have been a victim of harassment. The goal is to have 12%. The goal is one out of every eight people. Why is the goal not zero tolerance for harassment?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:26:25 p.m.
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Madam Chair, if we wish to avoid harassment, we do not set a goal that 12% of staff can be harassed. We set a goal for zero tolerance. How much is in the estimates to settle class action suits against the government from its employees for harassment issues?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:26:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I have read the estimates. There is a quarter of a billion dollars just for DND. Also, the government has not set zero tolerance as a goal. It has set 12% as a goal. Last night in her speech on the estimates, the Treasury Board president read right from the estimates documents that the estimates are seeking Parliament's approval for spending, yet the estimates contained $7.1 million for a book fair in Frankfurt that has already happened. Why is the government ignoring Treasury Board rules and asking for this money to be approved after the fact?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • Dec/8/21 11:27:57 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the estimates process is for Parliament to approve money before spending it, yet there is $7 million for an event that has already happened. Does the President of the Treasury Board approve of the process of bypassing Parliament to spend money before being approved?
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