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House Hansard - 75

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 19, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:13:47 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I even noted on what page in the departmental plan, signed by the minister, the target decrease was. Now, the previous minister for PSPC testified in committee that Amazon was a Canadian company. Is this why the Liberals are giving so much to Amazon and not buying from Canadian small businesses?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:14:21 p.m.
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Madam Chair, actually, last year, the government purchased $20 million in goods, not including the cloud services, from Amazon. This year alone, year to date, in just two months it is $10 million. How is buying from Amazon supporting small businesses?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:14:53 p.m.
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Madam Chair, an Order Paper response showed over 7,000 pages of purchases from Amazon instead of from small businesses. Amazon's market cap is $1.5 trillion. How is this a Canadian small business?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:15:19 p.m.
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Madam Chair, that is not the case. The large majority of dollars in purchases from Amazon are not for web services, and the Order Paper response provided by the government shows that. Why is the government spending so much on Amazon and not on small Canadian businesses?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:15:59 p.m.
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Madam Chair, there is $32 million in purchases from small businesses for direct non-cloud services, and about $20 million for cloud. That is the truth, right from the government's own numbers. Amazon has sold items promoting Xinjiang cotton, three of which directly use forced labour. Will the minister immediately end all government Amazon purchases and buy from local Canadian businesses instead?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:16:42 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the House voted unanimously that what the Communist Chinese government was doing to the Uighurs was genocide. I will repeat the question. Amazon is selling items purchased from Xinjiang that are knowingly using forced labour. Will the minister immediately end purchases from Amazon and send those purchases to small and medium enterprises?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:17:16 p.m.
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Madam Chair, will the minister immediately terminate all purchases from Amazon, seeing as it is selling items made with forced labour?
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