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Oct/6/22 1:17:49 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, one of the things I have talked about for many years, prior to this job as well, is that systems matter. They matter profoundly. We can trust people and hope they are doing the right thing all the time. I am a person who usually believes that. I believe most people have a good heart and care about people, but without robust systems, we cannot be assured of that. This motion talks about having that Canadian competition law and making it more assertive, aggressive and accountable for everyday Canadians. We can speculate who is doing what, but until we have the system that holds people and systems to account, we will never be at the place we need to be.

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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22

Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Oct/6/22 1:21:05 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I congratulate my colleague from North Island—Powell River on her excellent, empathetic and sensitive speech. I completely agree on the issue of fairness and sensitivity to the populations or regions that are having a tougher time. I also think it is important to hold big corporations accountable and make them pay their fair share of tax. This government is doing nothing to eliminate or correct the problem of tax avoidance and tax havens. In 2019, we lost $381 billion to 12 tax havens. That is more than one-third of Canadian investments abroad. Does the member not agree that it is good to bring in measures to help those who are struggling the most, but that we really need to stop big corporations from profiting from tax avoidance and these tax havens?

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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22

Mr. Dean Allison (Niagara West, CPC)

Oct/6/22 2:09:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the last two years have been difficult for Canadians. This is especially true for Canadians who made a personal medical decision that the Prime Minister disapproved of. Because they disagreed with him on this issue, he called them extremists, racists and misogynists. He also questioned whether they should be tolerated. If people did not agree with the Prime Minister on their personal health choices, he said they held “unacceptable views”. That is why he supported the firing of these folks. At the same time, he took away their employment insurance benefits. Then he banned them from travelling on planes and trains. This happened here in Canada. If that was not enough, he introduced a discriminatory border surveillance scheme that ended up being a logistical nightmare. This was the ArriveCAN app, the app that also ended up destroying many businesses in the travel and tourism industry, including in my region of Niagara. I believe the Prime Minister’s comments and actions will echo in history and will be judged very poorly by future generations. He should be held accountable for those actions. Through you, Mr. Speaker, I would like to say to the Prime Minister that enough is enough and he should let folks live their lives.

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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22

Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Lib.)

Oct/6/22 2:33:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government is taking all necessary steps to hold Hockey Canada's leadership to account. We have broadened the scope of the financial audit to 2016 so as to obtain all the necessary information, to be sure that no public funds were used to settle sexual assault cases. We have also required Hockey Canada to become a signatory to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner so that it can investigate the culture. We will not back down. Hockey Canada must be held accountable for the sexual assaults within its organization.

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