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House Hansard - 240

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 240 - Oct/26/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Oct/26/23 2:22:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the spending spree of taxpayers’ money continues. Liberal insiders are getting rich quick while inflation and interest rates spiral out of control, housing prices double and more than two million Canadians are using food banks in a single month. We now know that the public safety minister’s own department paid $17 million last year to the same companies that did no actual work and made millions off the arrive scam app even after concerns of corruption were flagged. I have a simple question for the minister. Why do shady, well-connected firms deserve $17 million of taxpayers' money?
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Context: House Hansard - 240 - Oct/26/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Oct/26/23 2:23:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will answer the minister’s question for him if he will not bother to do so. Under no circumstances do these companies deserve any taxpayer money, let alone $17 million. They are being investigated by the RCMP. They did no work for the government, and nobody seems to be able to explain how they got the contract. It is $17 million for these guys but food banks for two million Canadians. That is what we get after eight years of these guys. How does anyone over there defend this scandal?
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Context: House Hansard - 240 - Oct/26/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Oct/26/23 2:24:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, they are certainly keeping law enforcement busy in this country. With $17 million to insiders, Canadians are still going hungry. Almost two million people went to a food bank in a single month. That is the highest number ever recorded but, instead, Liberals are worried about helping their well-connected friends. They are not worth the cost, and they are certainly not worth the corruption. When will the Liberals and their NDP enablers stop helping insiders get rich and start helping Canadians put food on their tables and keep roofs over their heads?
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