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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Apr/17/24 3:48:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would appreciate the official opposition approaching this with some dignity. There is no NDP-Liberal government, so I expect he would ask his questions in the appropriate form, please.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Apr/17/24 5:32:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, now that Mr. Firth is aware of the powers of Parliament, I wanted to ask whether he regrets not answering the questions that were asked of him, not once, not twice, but three times at the government operations committee.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Apr/17/24 5:32:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to know this: Did Mr. Firth meet with any members of Parliament during the process for the RFP for the contract for ArriveCAN or during the contract process?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Apr/17/24 5:33:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to know this: Has Mr. Firth, outside the committees where he has been brought formally, ever met or spoken with any members of Parliament, regardless of which party?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Apr/17/24 5:33:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, just to be clear, Mr. Firth has not had any private conversations, at any point, with any member of Parliament over the period of the committee hearings. I am not talking about at the committees themselves; I am talking about private conversations, hallway conversations, phone calls or anything of that nature.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Apr/17/24 5:34:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have not seen a scandal like this since the ETS scandal under the Harper government. The ETS scandal cost Canadian taxpayers $400 million. The Conservatives had a majority government at the time. The Conservatives did everything they could to keep Canadians from getting the answers they were looking for. This Conservative scandal was never resolved and we never got the information. However, this time, since we have a minority Parliament, we are getting answers about the ArriveCAN scandal. That is extremely important. It is because of the parliamentary powers we have. As we saw under the Harper regime, with a majority government, it was not possible to get answers about the $400 million the Conservatives had spent without any transparency at all, but today, we have the opportunity to get more answers, and I think that is important. If I understood correctly, Mr. Firth stated earlier that he only influenced three things in the 220 requirements of the contracts. Is he saying that he did not influence the contract, or is he saying that he did not influence the contract as much as is being claimed?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Apr/17/24 5:36:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Firth mentioned earlier that he did in fact falsify or alter the résumés. According to what we heard in committee, one person was said to have 13 years of experience, when that was not true. Other information about these people was also falsified. I want to ask two questions. First, does Mr. Firth regret the fact that those résumés were falsified? Second, to date, the federal government has not asked for the questionable amounts to be repaid. Is Mr. Firth prepared to reimburse Canadian taxpayers for the questionable amounts of these contracts?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Apr/17/24 6:16:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would hope we would have unanimous consent for a motion to have a brief period for the presentation of petitions before going to Private Members' Business.
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