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House Hansard - 282

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 14, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Mrs. Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 2:15:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General lifted the veil on the government's corrupt arrive scam, revealing that the cost of the useless app, which should have been $80,000, is $60 million and counting. The two-person company GC Strategies, which did no IT work, was paid over $19 million for arrive scam, charging over $1,000 a day, which is 60% more than a government IT employee. With insider access, it dictated the requirements for a contract it won. Today, media are reporting that the company has received over $250 million from the Liberal government since 2015. Whiskey tasting and extravagant dinners with government officials went unrecorded, documents went missing and taxpayers footed the bill. The Prime Minister's failed arrive scam app, which wrongly sent thousands of Canadians into quarantine, was over-budget and not worth the cost. The RCMP must expand its investigation to figure out where the money is and how to get it back.
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 2:24:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's arrive scam scandal continues to deepen. Today we learned from Joël-Denis Bellavance that a single arrive scam company received $250 million. That company has four employees and is headquartered at a cottage. This so-called IT company admits it does not do IT work. Come on. What a mess.
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 2:26:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's arrive scam is now flailing out of control. Today there are revelations from Joel-Denis Bellavance that one arrive scam company received a quarter of a billion dollars in contracts. Let us get this straight. This company with four employees, headquartered in the basement of a tiny cottage, got IT contracts even though they admit they do no IT work. It was a quarter of a billion dollars. WTF? Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 2:42:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he did not answer the NDP leader's question. The question was, how can the Prime Minister waste millions of dollars on the arrive scam app when Canadians cannot afford to eat, heat or house themselves? The answer is because the NDP keeps the Prime Minister in power, that is how, and votes consistently in committee to cover up the scandal and shut down investigations. This app was supposed to cost 80 grand, said the Prime Minister. Now it is at least $60 million, but we do not know for sure because of missing documents. What is the full and final cost of the arrive scam app?
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 2:46:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the people involved are the taxpayers who are struggling to pay their bills. He leads the government. He has access to all the documents. Does he expect us to believe that he does not know how much the arrive scam app cost? Does he really expect us to believe that he does not know how much his own app cost? He has the power to call for any document he wants from the government. Either he is covering it up, or he is incompetent, or worse. Which is it?
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