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House Hansard - 138

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 30, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 138 - Nov/30/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/30/22 2:25:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think all Canadians understand that I need to be deliberate about my answers, when it comes to matters of national security. Canada and its allies are regularly targeted by foreign states like China, including during our elections. Our national security agencies, under this government, are taking more action than ever. We created an independent panel to evaluate foreign interference threats to Canadian elections and that panel confirms that election integrity was not compromised. Yes, I am regularly—
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Context: House Hansard - 138 - Nov/30/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/30/22 2:27:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said a number of times in the House, to this moment, I have not. In all the briefings I have received, there has never been information around candidates receiving money from China in the 2019 election or in the 2021 election. We have independent public servants who are engaged to oversee the integrity of elections. They confirmed the elections did complete themselves with full integrity.
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Context: House Hansard - 138 - Nov/30/22
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Nov/30/22 2:28:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister wakes up in the morning, reads a story that says a foreign government funnelled money to Canadian federal candidates, and he cannot tell us if he picked up the phone or face to face asked his officials if these allegations were true. We will move on to a next question. The Prime Minister said yesterday when I asked if there was any electoral interference from a foreign government that there was none that “significantly changed the outcome of the election.” Was there any interference, to his knowledge, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 138 - Nov/30/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/30/22 2:31:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague raises an important question: Should politicians who make partisan accusations decide whether or not there was problematic interference in our democracy during the election? That is why we leave it up to our intelligence services and experts in the public service. I have created a committee that is responsible for taking an independent and objective look at the electoral system to ensure the integrity of our elections, and that is what it did during the 2019 and 2021 elections.
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Context: House Hansard - 138 - Nov/30/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/30/22 2:45:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I understand that the sovereignist wants to attack the integrity of Canada's institutions. The reality is that, since 2015, we have significantly increased the tools to keep our institutions strong. We created the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, which looked into interference in the election. We also passed the Elections Modernization Act, which addresses this issue and which the Bloc Québécois voted against. We created an expert panel to monitor and report on electoral interference. We closed the fundraising loopholes to prevent foreign money from being used in our elections. We implemented stricter controls on advertising and online platforms and—
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