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House Hansard - 122

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Nov/1/22 10:33:00 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the New Democratic Party will take no lessons from the Conservative Party, which sent Jason Kenney to Alberta. He became premier, and guess what? He lost $4 billion of taxpayer money. Does the member have any answers for that?
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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Nov/1/22 12:25:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his interventions today. I want to really think about the work the public service has done to date. We know that the public service is a very valuable service and was especially so throughout the pandemic. We have seen Canadians rely on the services of the public service. We know as well that this Liberal government supports outsourcing. We hear that from public service workers across Canada, that outsourcing is hurting our workers. Would the member agree that we need to protect public service workers, ensure that there is quality for the taxpayer and make sure these programs actually work?
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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Nov/1/22 12:52:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, Canadians are worried about privatization, whether that is in the public health care system, which is being privatized now, or when it comes to public services like the ones we are talking about today with the ArriveCAN app. The Globe and Mail reported in January that the federal government spent $11.8 billion in the 2021 fiscal year on outsourcing contracts, which is a 41.8% increase since the 2015-16 fiscal year. Additionally, The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada filed over 2,500 grievances where work was outsourced rather than assigned to the existing expertise in the public service. The question Canadians have is, why?
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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Nov/1/22 1:34:38 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to preface my next question with a fact related to the treatment of the public service in Canada. It is no secret that over 2,500 grievances have been made against the government for outsourcing IT contracts and other contracts to the private sector. Can the member explain why his government continues to outsource valuable work to the private sector that our public sector here in Canada can do?
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Context: House Hansard - 122 - Nov/1/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Nov/1/22 1:48:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to be very clear with Liberal members. The New Democratic Party is against giving Liberal-backed insiders all the money the government produces for a service that Canadians can barely use. When we are talking about contracts or privatization, we are talking about real public servants, which the government is trying to toss out the door right now. New Democrats are trying to protect those jobs. When we are talking about actually protecting the public service, why does the member continue to outsource to and protect his big friends in the private sector?
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