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House Hansard - 57

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 25, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, CPC)
  • Apr/25/22 2:24:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are talking about the RCMP here, not the Ethics Commissioner. Newly released documents from the RCMP reveal there may be reasonable grounds to believe that the Prime Minister committed the offence of fraud on the government, contrary to section 121(1)(c) of the Criminal Code. This was after the Prime Minister was found guilty of accepting luxurious Bahamian vacations worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Mounties did not proceed with charging the Prime Minister because the Prime Minister may have granted himself a get out of jail free card. Did the Prime Minister give himself the power to break the law?
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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, CPC)
  • Apr/25/22 2:25:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would love to hear from the Prime Minister on this. His silence is deafening. The Prime Minister was found guilty under four sections of the Conflict of Interest Act. The only reason the RCMP did not charge him was that he is the Prime Minister, so there is one law for the Prime Minister and another law for all the rest of us. The RCMP said the Prime Minister was off the hook because he could have granted himself permission to accept the luxurious vacation gift worth $215,000. On what exact date did the Prime Minister act with impunity and grant himself the power to break the law? What is the date—
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