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House Hansard - 310

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 7, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 310 - May/7/24
Mr. Dan Albas
  • May/7/24 12:01:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not support any initiative of the Liberal government, because the government will do whatever it takes to stay in power. If the member is so confident that particular deal is going to be so great for every Canadian, why has the government not brought up the business case? Why has it not shown us the contracts? The latest Liberal budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year proposes to spend $100 billion more than what the Liberals themselves labelled as a return to fiscal responsibility just a short time ago. The member and the Liberal government will say whatever they need to say to stay in power. He needs to admit that to himself.
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Context: House Hansard - 310 - May/7/24
Mr. Garnett Genuis
  • May/7/24 7:10:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the fact is that my hon. friend has read his pre-prepared statement about government procurement policy, but he has not answered the basic question. The question is why the government rigged the process in favour of this shady two-person company that was working out of somebody's basement. How did this company, which was just founded in the same year the Prime Minister took office, manage to get so much money from the government? If I started a company in my basement tomorrow with one other person, I suspect we would not be turning over tens of millions of dollars in government contracts, within a short space of time, for doing no work. It is pretty clear that there is some reason the government was constantly funnelling money to and through GC Strategies, and the process was, in fact, as we know, rigged in their favour. As such, why did the government continuously funnel money to and through GC Strategies? Why did it do that?
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