SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 273

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Feb/1/24 10:06:46 a.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by Canadians calling on the government to take all necessary measures at its disposal to overturn an unjust decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that struck down a just law passed by the Harper government. The law would apply consecutive parole ineligibility periods to criminals convicted of multiple murders, taking into account each life lost. The petitioners call for the government, among other things, to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override this decision.
83 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Feb/1/24 2:13:56 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, yesterday at the industry committee, the former CEO of the Liberals' billion-dollar green slush fund revealed that the Liberals were aware of corruption and self-dealing at the fund for years. As early as 2019, the then industry minister, Navdeep Bains, was informed that the company of the Liberal-appointed chair was receiving millions of dollars from the fund. Despite this outrageous conflict of interest, the Liberals allowed the chair to remain in charge. This new evidence completely shreds the credibility of the current minister, who claims that the Liberals only recently learned of corruption at the fund, corruption involving the misappropriation of tens of millions of taxpayers' dollars. The minister knew about the corruption. He turned a blind eye to it, and when he got caught, he tried to cover it up. It speaks to the utter rot and corruption on the part of the Liberals. Canadians deserve so much better.
155 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border