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House Hansard - 133

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 23, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 133 - Nov/23/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/23/22 2:27:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what specific interference was the Prime Minister referring to when he raised his “serious concerns around interference” with the Chinese president?
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Context: House Hansard - 133 - Nov/23/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/23/22 2:27:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have known for many years that there are consistent engagements by representatives of the Chinese government in Canadian communities and with local media, as well as reports of illicit Chinese police stations. These are all things that we continue to be concerned about, that our officials stay active on and that we will continue to be vigilant around to keep Canadians safe.
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Context: House Hansard - 133 - Nov/23/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Nov/23/22 2:31:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when we ask the Prime Minister about China's interference in 2019 election financing, all he does is bluster. He compares us to Donald Trump, who denies the U.S. presidential results. That is nonsense. There is one person who spoke about the legitimacy of the 2019 federal election and that is the guy who won, the Prime Minister. Chinese interference is a very serious matter. We need to know in order to prevent it from happening again. The Prime Minister must stop posturing. He must tell us which candidates received Chinese funding and, above all, how China went about it.
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Context: House Hansard - 133 - Nov/23/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Nov/23/22 2:32:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is hard to keep up with the Prime Minister's stance on Chinese interference. In Parliament, he does not consider the issue important enough to give opposition parties serious answers, but at the G20, he was dashing through the halls to go talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping about it. Here in the House, he is not aware of anything, but at the G20, he was aware and concerned enough to discuss it with the Chinese President. That raises a simple question. Does the Prime Minister know all about Chinese interference and is he hiding that information from us, or did he accost Xi Jinping on the basis of a newspaper article alone? Either the Prime Minister is not being straight with us or he is not very savvy. Which is it?
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