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House Hansard - 17

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 14, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mr. John Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil, CPC)
  • Dec/14/21 2:56:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a sole-source contract to rent property as a welcoming centre at the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road was handed out to a Quebec businessman by the Liberals. The lucrative sole-source deal comes after $23,000 in donations was given to the Liberal Party. Now, before the Liberals stand up and say, “Yes, but he donated to the Conservative Party," I note the Conservative Party never greased this donor's palms with a lucrative sole-source contract. Would someone from the side opposite just stand up and admit that this was a kickback for donating to the Liberal Party?
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Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mr. John Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil, CPC)
  • Dec/14/21 2:57:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in Quebec that is called graisser la patte. It has been an “all you can eat” buffet for connected Liberal insiders and cronies during the pandemic, who lined up to gorge on half a billion dollars in COVID spending, much of it untendered and sole source. With WE, Frank Baylis and SNC, the list is long, and here we have another example. The sponsorship scandal will look like a speck of sand in the desert compared with what has gone on. Yesterday the Liberals rejected my motion at the ethics committee to investigate COVID contracts, saying they did not want to stir the pot. I wonder why. Why do they not just get it off their chest and admit that this was payback for a Liberal donation?
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Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mr. John Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil, CPC)
  • Dec/14/21 2:58:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would not expect anything less from the Liberals. Last week, I asked the CRA to investigate a claim that the Liberal member for Calgary Skyview was directing people on how to fraudulently claim the CERB in his riding before he was elected as an MP. According to The Canadian Press, seven in 10 people over 15 in the riding received the CERB, one of the highest percentages in the country. When I asked the minister about this, she said that she takes all claims of CERB fraud seriously, even if it is against a member of the Liberal caucus, and will launch an investigation. Can the minister inform the House whether she has in fact started an investigation against the member for Calgary Skyview.
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