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House Hansard - 189

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/2/23 2:35:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague across the aisle for highlighting the directive that this government has put in place to ensure transparency and accountability around decisions, which are taken independently by our non-partisan professional public servants when it comes to which classified information is made public and which must remain classified to protect the people who work in that space. This is not a partisan issue. We must all work together to defend the institutions, the communities and, most important, the parliamentarians who serve those institutions to protect our democracy.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/2/23 2:38:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to my colleague, that is the same question and I will give the same answer. The government increased the level of transparency by creating a committee of parliamentarians to examine national security issues and by creating the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, or NSIRA. We will continue to work with all members to protect our institutions, and, more importantly, with all the people and all MPs who work in this institution to protect democracy. That is the most important thing.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle, BQ)
  • May/2/23 2:41:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, why are we still talking about this today? It is because the Liberals have chosen their culture of secrecy over full transparency. It is their culture of secrecy that increases foreign interference: secrecy about China's connections through the Trudeau Foundation; secrecy about China interfering in democracy; secrecy about Chinese threats towards the family of an elected official. From day one, the Prime Minister could have been transparent with an independent and public commission of inquiry. Will he go down with his secrets, taking the Liberal Party with him?
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