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House Hansard - 262

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 5, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 262 - Dec/5/23
Mrs. Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville, CPC)
  • Dec/5/23 10:35:49 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I apologize for not being in the House in time to hear the whole speech of my colleague; however, I sit next to him in committee and am very aware of the circumstances here. I would ask the member what he sees as the ripple effect of this decision by the government with respect to impacting future procurement opportunities.
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Context: House Hansard - 262 - Dec/5/23
Mrs. Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville, CPC)
  • Dec/5/23 11:53:14 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate the conversation that we are having today in the House. We know our veterans want to be supported and want to be valued. They respect protocol and good governance. They respect order. Valour and honour are really important to them. Here we have a circumstance where the government has usurped the role of the existing procurement process and has used a survey or a questionnaire that, as has been mentioned, cannot be verified. It is deeply disturbing to our veterans to consider that there are, possibly, individuals who have responded as veterans and are not veterans. That is very inappropriate in their world. Can the member confirm that these two things, usurping the role of that procurement process and using, as an excuse, a questionnaire that has no validity, are what undermines the trust and confidence in the government by our veterans on this case? Should the government reverse this poor decision?
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