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House Hansard - 286

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 27, 2024 10:00AM
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The Deputy Speaker
  • Feb/27/24 10:30:34 a.m.
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Order. I am having trouble hearing the hon. member. The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/27/24 10:32:39 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative members are all worked up. I get it. Today is their opposition day. I am going to try to ask the Conservative leader a direct question, but I have no illusions. I do not expect an answer because he plays exactly the same political games as the Prime Minister: He refuses to answer difficult questions and tosses around political slogans. Still, I will give it a try. When the member for Carleton was parliamentary secretary to the minister of transport, from 2011 to 2013, his department awarded $6.5 million to the owners of GC Strategies, the same persons currently involved in the ArriveCAN matter, but operating under a different name back then. Could the Conservative leader tell us what that money was used for and how it was spent?
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Mr. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, BQ)
  • Feb/27/24 12:01:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think we all agree, at least within the opposition parties, that this is a real mess. As we have said, we will unequivocally support the Conservative motion. That said, I would like to ask my colleague if he would agree that the Conservative leader has been rather quiet about the fact that, while he was parliamentary secretary to the transportation minister, his department awarded $6.5 million to the owners of GC Strategies.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/27/24 12:30:12 p.m.
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On the same point of order, the hon. parliamentary secretary.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/27/24 12:30:33 p.m.
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Although members may not agree on the facts, it is a point of debate, as I had ruled initially before I was challenged. I would ask members to please wait until it is time for questions and comments. I do not know if the hon. parliamentary secretary wants to finish his question. I know the hon. member for Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek is able to answer. There were a lot of individuals trying to speak while the hon. parliamentary secretary was asking his question. I know members making speeches are very capable of answering questions, and that is when the interjections should happen. There is another point of order by the hon. member for Provencher.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/27/24 12:31:54 p.m.
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Again, it is a disagreement about the facts. It is not a point of order; it is a point of debate. The hon. parliamentary secretary can finish his question.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/27/24 1:32:07 p.m.
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I am not quite sure what the hon. member is referring to. There was a bit of a discussion or few comments being made here similar to this side. It depends on how loud the comments are and if they are disruptive. If it was disruptive, I am sorry I did not catch it. I certainly will be more mindful. Questions and comments, the hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader.
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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/27/24 1:33:51 p.m.
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During the response, the hon. parliamentary secretary also attempted to intervene, as did others. I want to remind members that when someone has the floor, if others have questions or comments or if they want to contribute to the debate, they should wait until the appropriate time. The hon. member for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert.
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Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs (Cybersecurity), Lib.)
  • Feb/27/24 1:47:53 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am really curious how this could happen. The Conservatives awarded millions of dollars of contracts to the very same company that the member just called “infamous GC Strategies”, and said that it “does not even do any work”. Would their opposition day motion be more complete and get to the bottom of this issue if it included the millions of dollars that the Conservative Party awarded to this very company, which apparently did not do any IT work? By the way, they were sole-sourced contracts for IT, and the Leader of the Opposition was the parliamentary secretary to the minister of transport when a majority of these contracts were issued to Transport Canada. How did this happen?
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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Feb/27/24 5:25:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, he almost forgot his lines. It is interesting. He said “well-connected insider”, referring to GC Strategies. Those well-connected insiders are the very same insiders that the leader of the Conservative Party gave literally millions of dollars to while he was a parliamentary secretary in the Harper government. Would he not apply the very same principles that he just finished espousing to his own leader today? Did that leader make a mistake back then?
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Mr. Garnett Genuis
  • Feb/27/24 5:25:52 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is sad to see the desperation of the parliamentary secretary across the way. Here are the facts: GC Strategies was incorporated immediately after the Prime Minister took office. The Prime Minister came into office eight years ago, promising sunny ways. Do members remember that? It sure was sunny for GC Strategies. GC Strategies was incorporated as soon as the Prime Minister took office, and it did a quarter of a billion dollars' worth of business with the Liberal government. Even in the eyes of the Liberal government, it is actually real money we are talking about. A quarter of a billion dollars went to this two-person company. All it did was receive contracts, go on LinkedIn to find someone else to do the job, and—
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