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Hon. François-Philippe Champagne

Member of Parliament
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Liberal

Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 62%
Expenses Last Quarter: $108,626.98

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Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)

Dec/1/23 11:44:07 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the extent the Conservatives go to talk down our economy and small and medium-sized businesses is amazing. I would tell the member on the other side to be prudent because that particular organization has helped companies across the nation with clean technology. One thing is true for Canadians. The moment we heard of the allegation, we investigated. We took the right action. We will get to the bottom of this, but we are not going to hurt clean technology companies in this country because they deserve our support.

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Context: House Hansard - 235 - Oct/19/23

Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)

Oct/19/23 3:12:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, we need to rectify the facts. I think there will be a number of small and medium-sized businesses in the country in the energy space and in the environmental space that will be shocked by this comment. We did the responsible thing. The moment there was an allegation of wrongdoing, we hired an independent third party expert to investigate. Once we got the results of that investigation, we took action. We demanded that agency, as we do of all agencies of the Government of Canada, to have the highest standard of governance. That is what Canadians expected and that is what we did.

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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23

Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)

Sep/19/23 2:41:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his important question. One thing that was clear yesterday with the major grocery chains from across the country is that we must not allow any measure to affect our farmers, the small and medium-sized businesses across the country that contribute to the food chain. Speaking of yesterday's event and the federal government's unequivocal demand, it is up to the large grocery chains to stabilize prices in Canada. We are here for supply management. We are here for our farmers. We will continue to support the little guy in the supply chain.

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Context: House Hansard - 119 - Oct/27/22

Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)

Oct/27/22 2:57:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. This is an issue that affects all Canadians, and I understand the situation. I have the utmost respect for my colleague, and he knows that that is why I have asked the presidents of several large corporations and businesses across the country to do their part. In a situation like this, we must all do our part to lower prices for consumers. I have also asked the Competition Bureau to investigate to make sure that there are no unfair practices happening in this country.

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