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House Hansard - 281

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 13, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Feb/13/24 1:01:04 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, as we are debating this measure today, a huge scandal is unfolding. We learned from the Auditor General yesterday that there is evidence of corruption and wasteful spending. That is why we are announcing that we want the RCMP to expand its investigation in order to find the truth and shed light on the possibility of criminal activity in the arrive scam scandal. I have letters to that effect. I am asking the RCMP to expand its investigation into the arrive scam affair, and I am tabling this letter—
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Feb/13/24 1:02:07 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. The arrive scam scandal has exploded into public consciousness after the Auditor General revealed evidence that senior government officials got gifts, such as fancy whiskies, in order to give out contracts. I would like to table in the House of Commons a letter to the RCMP commissioner asking for the investigation into arrive scam to be expanded.
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/13/24 2:19:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister and his arrive scam app are not worth the cost or the corruption. Following the Auditor General's revelations yesterday about corruption and waste, I wrote to the RCMP and asked it to expand the criminal investigation into the arrive scam scandal. The Prime Minister has a history of blocking criminal investigations. Will he allow the RCMP to investigate him and his arrive scam?
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/13/24 2:20:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, corruption will not protect our borders. Yesterday's revelations are as follows: first, the business that benefited wrote the contract; second, two people working from their home basement got a $20‑million contract for an app that should have cost $80,000; and lastly, top Liberal government officials got whisky in exchange for giving out those contracts. Will the Prime Minister respect the independence of the criminal investigation?
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/13/24 2:21:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister and his arrive scam are not worth the cost or the corruption. After yesterday's Auditor General's revelations of corruption, waste and mismanagement, I have written to the RCMP, asking it to expand its criminal investigation into the Prime Minister's arrive scam. He has a track record of blocking criminal investigations. He tried to protect SNC-Lavalin from prosecution. He blocked the RCMP from investigating his illegal vacation to billionaire island. Will he stay out of the way, or will he again try to block the RCMP's criminal investigation into arrive scam?
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/13/24 2:23:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it does its job unless the Prime Minister blocks it from doing its job, like he did in his criminal offence where he committed the crime of accepting a gift from someone who was seeking a government contract from him. He blocked the RCMP from investigating him. COVID-19 is something the Prime Minister saw a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fill the pockets of his friends, whether it was the WE scandal, in which his family received a half million dollars, whether it was Frank Baylis or, now, the arrive scam. Will he stay out of the way and let the police investigate him and his corrupt government in the arrive scam?
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/13/24 2:24:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is more proof that the Prime Minister is not worth the cost or the corruption. He is calling the Auditor General a conspiracy theorist, now that she has revealed that his arrive scam app went from $80,000 to at least $60 million and counting, that two insiders working from their home basement got $20 million from the Prime Minister, and that top Liberal government officials accepted high-end whiskies and dinners in exchange for contracts that they let the contractors write for themselves. Once again, will he stay out of the way and let the police investigate his government, or will he try to block it again?
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