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Rick Perkins

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • South Shore—St. Margarets
  • Nova Scotia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $136,927.65

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Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Feb/17/23 1:18:05 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Mr. Speaker, the member for Kingston and the Islands seems to be confused around what the bill is about. It is about the issue of national security and doing national security reviews of takeovers. There is a long record of the government not approving national security reviews for takeovers, such as Hytera, which was charged with espionage in the United States; the Tanco Mine; and many others, and having the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency actually buy equipment from those entities. The security issue of state-owned enterprises and interference in our country's economy and elections is what the issue is all about. I would like to give the member an opportunity to clarify a little more what the member for Kingston and the Islands seemed to be so confused about.
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Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Feb/17/23 12:48:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-34 
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the work that the member for Kelowna—Lake Country did on the industry committee's study on this issue, in terms of this act, in the last Parliament, which made nine recommendations. This bill addresses only two of those nine recommendations. Recommendation 1 from that report, which I think would address a lot of the concerns of members, was that the threshold for investments made by state-owned enterprises in Canada, for the review on national security or net benefit, be reduced from $415 million to zero. I would like to know whether the member has any views on that aspect.
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