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House Hansard - 188

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 1, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/1/23 2:30:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to assure every member in this chamber that we take— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino
  • May/1/23 2:30:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I assure every member in this chamber that we take the reports that have surfaced recently very seriously. In fact, I reached out directly to the member for Wellington—Halton Hills to share my concerns. I told him that I have instructed CSIS to provide him with an update. This government will continue to take concrete actions to combat foreign interference, including allocating $49 million in budget 2023 to protect all Canadians from foreign interference. This is not a partisan issue. We should do this work together to protect all parliamentarians.
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/1/23 2:32:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the heckles of the Conservatives on the other side of the aisle, the Prime Minister and our government have been standing up doing the relentless, tireless work of defending— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino
  • May/1/23 2:33:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this government has been doing the concrete, tireless work that is necessary to combat foreign interference and to protect our democratic institutions by creating new powers and adding more resources for all the security and intelligence agencies that are there to protect our communities, our institutions and, most importantly, Canadians. I encourage the Conservative politicians on the other side of the aisle to get behind what is a non-partisan cause and protect Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/1/23 2:37:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I assure the Conservative leader and all members in this chamber that the RCMP has taken concrete action to disrupt and shut down police stations. If more open up, the RCMP will remain vigilant and do the work. In doing that, it will be underpinned by the investments that are earmarked in budget 2023, which the Conservatives have said, without even reading the document, that they will oppose. If they are really interested in protecting Canadians from foreign interference, and that is something we should all be united behind, then they should support budget 2023.
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Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/1/23 2:55:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government takes the issue of foreign interference very seriously. That is why we have already brought in new powers for the intelligence community. That is why we continue to make investments to add people to protect not only our democratic institutions, but also Canadians. I hope that we can do this work together with the Conservatives, because this is not a partisan issue.
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