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House Hansard - 170

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 21, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Hon. Mark Holland
  • Mar/21/23 10:00:43 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to inform the House that yesterday during question period, I misspoke when I said the leader of the official opposition was offered a briefing on foreign electoral interference. What I meant to say was that the leader of the official opposition had stated publicly that he would refuse such a briefing on classified information. I apologize for the confusion.
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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Mr. Larry Brock (Brantford—Brant, CPC)
  • Mar/21/23 2:46:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is not the truth Canadians expect. Just recently, Global News revealed that two high-level national security reports before and after the 2019 election suggest the Prime Minister's Office was warned about Chinese government officials and the direct funding they were giving to Liberal candidates. However, the Prime Minister continues to express that this information was never shared with him directly. The question now is simple: Who in the Prime Minister's Office deliberately and intentionally withheld the information from him, and will he be terminating that person, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Mrs. Rachael Thomas (Lethbridge, CPC)
  • Mar/21/23 2:48:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we see this over and over again: skirt, deflect; skirt, deflect; skirt, deflect. At the end of the day, I find this all very perplexing. We know there have been reports given by CSIS to the Prime Minister's Office. Somehow those reports did not make it to the Prime Minister's ears. At least that is what he tells us. My question for the Prime Minister is this: Was he not even just a little curious as to who the individuals were who withheld that information from him? Would he not want to know, or did he already know and simply did not need to ask?
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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, CPC)
  • Mar/21/23 2:49:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the media reported that CSIS informed staff in the Prime Minister's Office that Liberal candidates were receiving money and support from Beijing and that nothing had been done about it. Does the Prime Minister really expect Canadians to believe that he did not demand answers from those who withheld this information from him, or did he not ask because he already knew the information?
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