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House Hansard - 215

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 16, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Jun/16/23 11:26:24 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Minister of Public Safety was completely unaware that Paul Bernardo was being transferred, even though his office knew about it for three months. He told us that the problem has been solved because he instructed his office to keep him informed. The same thing happened with the Prime Minister regarding China's threats against an MP. He had not been made aware either, but everything is fine now: The Canadian Security Intelligence Service was given a directive to inform his ministers from now on. This government has been in office since 2015. It needs to reassure us that it is simply not true that it took eight years for ministers to ask to be informed on their files.
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Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Jun/16/23 11:27:32 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we now know that the ministers do not really seem to be informed about what is happening. It is common knowledge here that everyone works via text messaging, because texts are practical. When the recipient sees the message, the system tags the message as “read”. We can even see what time the message was read. Would it be possible for the government to implement the same kind of system for ministerial briefing notes? At least then when they say that they have not been informed about their files, we would know whether it is actually true.
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