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House Hansard - 134

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 24, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Nov/24/22 2:30:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here in the House, the Prime Minister has not been taking Chinese interference in funding election candidates seriously, to say the least. However, he thought it was serious enough to ask his intelligence services to get to the bottom of it. He is right about that: China has been increasing its efforts to interfere with democracy. He even talked to the Chinese President about it at the G20. What the Global News report has revealed is, at the bare minimum, a glaring weakness in the political financing system. There is a very simple way for the Prime Minister to immediately correct this. Will he bring back public funding of political parties?
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/24/22 2:31:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our federal political party financing system is one of the most rigorous, robust, accountable and transparent of any level of government. If the Bloc Québécois has trouble getting money from Canadians, that is its problem, but we will continue to follow the rules and do our fundraising in public. We will continue to trust the existing system instead of trying to create new systems to help the Bloc Québécois.
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/24/22 2:32:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, political party financing in Canada is governed by a robust, sound, transparent system. Perhaps the Bloc Québécois is struggling a little to raise money, but the reality is that all political parties engage with Canadians. The Liberal Party does it in a completely open and transparent way. The media is invited to every one of my fundraisers. I encourage the leaders of the Bloc Québécois and the Conservative Party to do the same. We will always be open and transparent about our fundraising, because Canadians must be able to have faith in our democracy.
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Mr. Terry Beech
  • Nov/24/22 5:44:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Canada Infrastructure Bank is making significant progress in advancing its goals of attracting private and institutional investments to projects, while using innovative financing tools to get more infrastructure built for Canadians. To date, the bank has advanced over 40 signature projects, committing $8.3 billion in capital, while attracting $7.8 billion in private and institutional investment. The bank is working with all orders of government to deliver more infrastructure for Canadians, while reducing the overall financial burden on taxpayers. We are helping to expand Canada's economy while meeting our net-zero emission goals through investments in zero-emission buses, energy-efficient building retrofits and clean power transmission, generation and storage. We are doing this alongside our public, private and indigenous partners.
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