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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block
  • Apr/17/24 3:51:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General found in her ArriveCAN report that Mr. Firth sat at the table with public servants to draft the requirements for a contract worth $25 million that he was later awarded and, thereby, was setting the price. Through you, what are the names of those public servants?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Kelly Block
  • Apr/17/24 3:54:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will take that to mean that public servants have provided him with subcontractors many times.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • Apr/17/24 4:01:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, does the witness believe that civil servants in general, and those working on ArriveCAN in particular, followed the rules, procedures and policies related to their strategic and privileged position within the government apparatus when negotiating the contracts his company won?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • Apr/17/24 4:02:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I understand that the witness is not familiar with the rules of the public service. However, did any public servant with whom he had contact tell him, at any time, that they could not do certain things that did not abide by the rules that apply to public servants?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Apr/17/24 4:37:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Firth has made connections and met with public servants for over a decade, wining and dining them for contracts. Officials became comfortable with this system. Officials allowed Mr. Firth to charge millions because they were not willing to follow the rules and used Mr. Firth as their easy way out of accountability. Who is Mr. Firth protecting in this corrupt system?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
  • Apr/17/24 4:49:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what we heard in committee is that the public servants did everything they could to make sure the contracts were awarded quickly. That is why many contracts were awarded non-competitively. Once again, we are hearing contradictory testimony. According to Mr. Firth, why did the public servant agree to simply pick up the phone and call KPMG to tell them that there would be an intermediary and that that intermediary would be paid $84,000 to do absolutely nothing? Why does he think the public servant did that?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
  • Apr/17/24 4:49:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, does Mr. Firth have a number in mind for the many gifts in money and in kind that he offered the federal public servants?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
  • Apr/17/24 4:50:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here is a good example of a contradiction. We went from zero to yes, there were coffees, restaurant meals, golf tournaments, whisky tastings and on and on, with dozens of federal public servants. I will repeat the same question. How much, in money or in kind, was given to the federal public servants?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
  • Apr/17/24 4:55:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, does he agree that any public servants that did not follow internal procedures should lose their jobs and that if this is a widespread problem within the CBSA, then that agency should be put under third-party management?
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Alain Therrien
  • Apr/17/24 5:27:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the witness told us earlier that public servants received all kinds of compensation, but only after contracts were awarded. That is what he told us.
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Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
Mr. Alain Therrien
  • Apr/17/24 5:28:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the witness mentioned earlier that he had picked up the tab at restaurants or things like that for public servants, but he did that after the contracts were awarded. Is that true?
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