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House Hansard - 301

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 301 - Apr/17/24
The Speaker
  • Apr/17/24 4:31:06 p.m.
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It seems there was English translation for the first question, but not the second question. I will ask the member for Mégantic—L'Érable to ask his second question again.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Apr/17/24 4:31:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the witness, Mr. Firth, is here in the wake of the Liberal scandal involving the Prime Minister's ArriveCAN application. It is an app that was supposed to cost $80,000, but ended up costing $60 million. Did the Liberal government, who paid tens of millions of dollars for work that was not done, ask Mr. Firth to reimburse the money or contact him to find a way to do so?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:31:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no, I was not contacted.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Apr/17/24 4:31:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the witness, Mr. Firth, either refused to answer questions or lied to the parliamentary committee after we learned that the Prime Minister's government had made him a multimillionaire on the backs of taxpayers. Can the witness affirm today in the House that he did not lie before the parliamentary committee?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:32:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, acknowledging the fact that I am being admonished and am making history right now, I think I have acknowledged the fact that I made mistakes in the previous committee.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Apr/17/24 4:32:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, can Mr. Firth tell us exactly when he lied?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:32:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not have the exact information. Again, I am not being elusive. I just cannot allude to which questions, what time and which month.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Apr/17/24 4:32:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I understand it, the witness lied repeatedly in committee and that is why we are here today to try to find out the truth. Can Mr. Firth confirm that he purposely avoided naming his sources within the Liberal government to protect his lucrative business model, which resulted from the Liberal government's lax procurement processes?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:33:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no, I did not.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Apr/17/24 4:33:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, can Mr. Firth confirm that the three quotations on the GC Strategies website were anonymous at the request of the authors of those quotations?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:33:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I can confirm that was requested.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Apr/17/24 4:33:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, did these individuals receive any benefit for allowing GC Strategies to use their comments anonymously?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:33:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no, they did not.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • Apr/17/24 4:34:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Calgary Midnapore.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie (Calgary Midnapore, CPC)
  • Apr/17/24 4:34:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Firth just admitted that the RCMP raided his house, relative to Botler AI. When Mr. Firth introduced Botler AI to his consultant colleague Mr. Vaughn Brennan, he had them email Mr. Jeremy Broadhurst, the former chief of staff for the Minister of Finance and the current Liberal campaign chair. Did Mr. Brennan regularly set up Mr. Firth's contacts with elected officials, ministers and their chiefs of staff?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:34:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is news to me. I have never engaged Vaughn Brennan to get any meetings with senior government officials.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Apr/17/24 4:34:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, is Mr. Firth aware that Mr. Brennan's wife works for Procurement Canada?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:35:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was as of the third testimony when that was brought to light, but until then, I was not aware of it.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Apr/17/24 4:35:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what benefits did Mr. Vaughn Brennan provide Mr. Firth that furthered their professional relationship?
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Mr. Kristian Firth
  • Apr/17/24 4:35:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Vaughn Brennan never provided anything outside of the work that we would give him on a per diem time and material basis for a government department.
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