44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 28, 2022 10:00AM
- Apr/28/22 10:35:13 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when I see what is happening this morning, I feel that today's debate in the House should be about ethics.
A debate about WE Charity is clearly a debate about ethics. Government Motion No. 11 also has me wondering about ethics.
I wonder how the NDP-Liberal coalition works, what is really going on behind the scenes and what we here in Parliament are not aware of. I wonder about the importance of being publicly accountable to the House of Commons.
I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on the current ethics situation, in 2022, in the House of Commons.
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- Apr/28/22 10:35:44 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here we are wanting to talk about ethics. At the very basis of what we do in this chamber, we have to have the trust of all Canadians, and right now there is a cloud of suspicion hanging over the head of the Prime Minister.
This government, this Liberal-NDP coalition, refuses to be held to account and to allow Canadians to look underneath this veil of secrecy of what exactly this Prime Minister has done, whether it comes down to his private vacations or his involvement in the WE scandal. Canadians deserve to know exactly what is up, and people need to be held accountable. If the NDP want to be here giving a get-out-of-jail-free card to the Liberals, shame on them.
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- Apr/28/22 10:51:13 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North said we should focus on issues that are having an impact on Canadians.
I think ethics is an issue that has an impact on Canadians. I think that confidence in institutions is an issue that has an impact on Canadians. What happened with the WE organization and the almost $1 billion that was given to a Liberal Party crony raises some serious questions.
If we are going to talk about lobbying, since my colleague mentioned it in his presentation, the king of Canadian lobby groups is the oil and gas industry. It is the biggest lobby in Canada and controls a considerable portion of our economy.
We can go further still. The emissions reduction fund was launched during the pandemic solely to support the oil and gas sector.
I wonder if my colleague is as concerned as I am by oil and gas sector lobbying.
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- Apr/28/22 2:25:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. The opposition is talking about something that happened in 2016, more than six years ago. The Ethics Commissioner conducted a thorough investigation and released a report in 2017.
Our government feels that Canadians are facing much more urgent issues these days.
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- Apr/28/22 2:26:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. The opposition is talking about something that took place in 2016, more than six years ago. This matter has been throughly investigated by the Ethics Commissioner, who published a report in 2017. Our government absolutely understands that Canadians want and need us to focus on more pressing challenges, such as affordability, climate change, housing and, of course, Putin's illegal war in Ukraine.
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