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House Hansard - 288

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 29, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 288 - Feb/29/24
Hon. Bill Blair (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • Feb/29/24 2:28:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the question is an important one. As soon as we were made aware that the CEO of Dalian was a DND employee, we took immediate action to suspend all contracts with Dalian, and I can confirm for the House that all active contracts with Dalian have been suspended. I can also confirm for the House that the person in question has also been suspended. The matter will be thoroughly investigated.
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Context: House Hansard - 288 - Feb/29/24
Hon. Bill Blair (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • Feb/29/24 3:07:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 24 hours after we became aware that the CEO of Dalian was a DND employee, we took action. We have suspended all contracts with Dalian. We have suspended the employee and launched an investigation of how this person became an employee of DND in the first place. We will act to ensure that we protect the integrity of our institutions and our government.
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Context: House Hansard - 288 - Feb/29/24
Hon. Bill Blair (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • Feb/29/24 3:08:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will simply remind the member opposite how quickly we acted. This information came to our attention yesterday. Since that time, we have suspended all contracts with Dalian. We have suspended the member and launched a thorough investigation to determine how this individual came to be employed. We are—
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Context: House Hansard - 288 - Feb/29/24
Hon. Bill Blair
  • Feb/29/24 3:09:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not want to repeat what I have already said, except to remind the members of this House that, when this information came to our attention, we took immediate action. We took the steps necessary to protect Canadians' interests and to remove this individual from our employ.
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Context: House Hansard - 288 - Feb/29/24
Hon. Bill Blair (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • Feb/29/24 3:10:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite began his question by talking about all the things the Conservatives propose to do at some point in the future. However, let us remember what they did when they were in government. They cut defence spending, for example, to less than 1% of GDP. They cut the resources of the police, our national security and intelligence advisers, and all the people whose job it is to protect us and to maintain the integrity of our institutions. They cut them. We have been rebuilding the government to get the work done, and we are prepared to take the action necessary—
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