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Rick Perkins

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • South Shore—St. Margarets
  • Nova Scotia
  • Voting Attendance: 66%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $136,927.65

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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Jun/20/23 9:51:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-42 
Madam Speaker, I would say it is positive if any province is at the point where it has put in place a beneficial ownership registry. It was a commitment six years ago. Some of them already have them. They beat the federal government to it. In spite of the fact that the government rejected the amendment to get an agreement, it can still get an agreement. There is nothing that prevents the federal government from doing what we were trying to compel in law to get that agreement. It would make sure we share both the federal information with the provincial registries and the provincial registries with the federal registry. The benefit of a federal registry is that people do not have to look in 11 different locations. They could look in one. When this bill passes through the House, it should be a priority of the government to start the process to get those agreements and get that information in place.
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