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House Hansard - 294

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 22, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 294 - Mar/22/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Mar/22/24 11:24:09 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Quebeckers are disappointed today. They are disappointed that an election was not called to change the government. Why? Because the Bloc Québécois voted to save this Prime Minister's career. The Bloc Québécois is kowtowing to a Prime Minister who has encroached on every aspect of Quebec's jurisdiction, who has doubled the national debt, and who is sending 800,000 Quebeckers to food banks every month. Voting for the Bloc Québécois is certainly costly. What did the Prime Minister promise the leader of the Bloc Québécois to save the Liberal government?
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Context: House Hansard - 294 - Mar/22/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Mar/22/24 11:25:27 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Liberals' hypocrisy is that they talk about their big agenda while ignoring what is really going on at food banks, or in the homes of Quebec families who are unable to buy groceries every week because they cannot afford them now that the government's inflationary spending has hiked up the price of everything. That is the Liberals' hypocrisy. We are wondering why the Bloc Québécois chose to save this Liberal government yesterday instead of voting in favour of our motion to call an election. What kind of deal did the Prime Minister make with the Bloc Québécois?
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Context: House Hansard - 294 - Mar/22/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Mar/22/24 12:10:37 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. During question period, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement spoke of hypocrisy. According to one article, police are monitoring the line at a Montreal food bank because people were fighting over food. I request unanimous consent to table this TVA Nouvelles article, which shows the Liberal government's hypocrisy. Some hon. members: No.
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Context: House Hansard - 294 - Mar/22/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Mar/22/24 2:24:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are currently witnessing a historic debate in the House of Commons, since it has been over 100 years since someone was called to testify in this way for contempt of Parliament before all parliamentarians. This is a serious moment, but it is also essential to ensure that the people who testify before committees understand that, when members of this Parliament ask them to appear before a committee and answer members' questions, they must tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I myself had the opportunity to take part in a few committee meetings on the ArriveCAN issue. Let us not forget that ArriveCAN was supposed to cost $80,000, but it ended up costing around $60 million. No one can even say how much the app cost because the companies involved refused to hand over all the information. It is important that we send a clear message that Parliament and its committees will not tolerate witnesses coming here and telling only part of the truth. I think that is exactly what my colleague's speech was about. I would like her to expand on the importance of witness appearances so that committees can function properly in the future.
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