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René Villemure

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Trois-Rivières
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 62%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $100,349.98

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Context: House Hansard - 171 - Mar/22/23
Mr. René Villemure
  • Mar/22/23 6:24:22 p.m.
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You read my mind, Madam Speaker. I was about to say that in order to stop a leak, you need to recognize that there is a leak. We talked about the special rapporteur. The government says that he is independent. Not every interest is a conflict of interest. However, when we look at the interests, we have to sometimes wonder whether there is not a confusion of interests. Perhaps it is not a conflict of interest, but a confusion of interests. There is a saying to the effect that justice must be done and that it must appear to be done. It is the same thing when we talk about a possible conflict of interest. We must appear to be above reproach. In this case, the very presence of Mr. Johnston raises a little something we call doubt and doubt causes mistrust. What do we need to do here? Are we creating more mistrust? That does not make sense. Supposedly, we want to do the opposite. If my colleagues are not interested in my speech, they can just tell me. Apparently, they are not interested. I was talking about doubt. I would like to ask a question if I can be heard over the din of the many discussions—
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