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House Hansard - 161

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 2:25:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, “It is hard not to feel disappointed in one's government when every day there is a new scandal”. Those are the words of the Prime Minister in 2013. However, after eight years of his own leadership, we have a Canada that feels broken according to most Canadians. The Liberals have broken family budgets, they have broken the bail system and, again, they have broken the law. This time it is the Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary. This is the sixth consecutive ethics breach from the Liberals, with no accountability for any of these cases. Why does nobody over there get fired?
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Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 2:26:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we see zero accountability, zero consequences and a zero on ethics. We hope the Prime Minister's upcoming trip to the Carribean is more productive than the last one, which resulted in his own law-breaking. That, of course, was not the only time. He stepped in on SNC-Lavalin, and the only person who was fired in that case was the first female indigenous Attorney General. The trade minister refuses to pay back taxpayers for giving tens of thousands of dollars to her best friend in an illegal contract. Will anyone over there who broke the law get fired?
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Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 2:27:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are focused on the Liberals who broke the law. There is one set of rules for the Liberals and another set of rules for everyone else. Do not take it from me. This is what the outgoing Ethics Commissioner said yesterday: “Over the last five years and on several occasions, I have observed senior officials being unaware of their obligations and mistakenly making assumptions.” For insiders, it is cushy contracts, special access and special treatment to get ahead, while Canadians get record inflation, record home prices and record despair. I will ask this for the third time: Is anyone over there going to take responsibility for breaking the law?
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