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House Hansard - 192

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 8, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • May/8/23 12:12:19 p.m.
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I do appreciate the additional information from the hon. opposition House leader, and we will be taking that into consideration as the decision to respond is made.
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
The Speaker
  • May/8/23 3:30:49 p.m.
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I am afraid the hon. member has a good point, and I am going to go along with that. As the Chair, I thought maybe somebody would want the information, but we will wait for it to come forward.
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
  • May/8/23 7:03:39 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in his intervention, the member said that the executive branch failed to disclose information and sat on it for two years. Saying that is indirectly saying that the Prime Minister has lied, because when he was in this House, the Prime Minister said that he found out about this last Monday. We are supposed to treat all members as honourable and take their word. When the member for Wellington—Halton Hills says that he did not know for two years, we believe him. Why do we afford that luxury to some members, but when the member for Papineau gets up and says the exact same thing, that he did not know about it for two years, somehow we are not supposed to believe him?
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
  • May/8/23 8:07:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member said at least three times that the government knew about this and sat on this information for two years. It is factually incorrect. As a matter of fact, the member for Wellington—Halton Hills has recently said, in an interview that he gave outside this place, that he was informed by the national security adviser that both the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's chief of staff knew nothing about this until last week. I asked this same question to the member for Perth—Wellington and he stepped back from that because he realized that he was going beyond where reality was. Therefore, I will ask this member the same thing: Is the member saying that, when the Prime Minister stands in this House and says that he did not have that information prior to last week, he is lying to this House?
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