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House Hansard - 128

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 16, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills, CPC)
  • Nov/16/22 2:45:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government is refusing to answer a very simple question: Who are the 11 election candidates who, in the 2019 election, received hundreds of thousands of dollars funnelled by Beijing through its Toronto consulate? Yesterday, the Prime Minister talked to President Xi about these 11 candidates, but the government and the Prime Minister have yet to tell the House who these 11 candidates are. What are they hiding?
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills, CPC)
  • Nov/16/22 2:46:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been asking for years for a plan from the government to combat Beijing's meddling in our democracy, but it has failed to act, and now we have a situation where candidates are receiving illicit funds from Beijing funnelled through its Toronto consulate. Canadians deserve answers. Who are these candidates? Are they members of the House? Are they going to be candidates in the next federal election? Again, who are these 11 election candidates?
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Nov/16/22 2:48:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am extremely disappointed that the government is refusing to disclose the names of the 11 candidates who allegedly received funding from the communist regime in Beijing. That is the reality. The only way to stop the chaos and to not create chaos is to be open and transparent with Canadians and to tell the truth. The Prime Minister was informed in January of the names of the 11 candidates who allegedly received funding from the communist regime in Beijing. Why does he want to protect the names of those candidates? What is the Prime Minister trying to hide?
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Nov/16/22 2:49:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, transparency is not a game. We have been informed that the communist regime in Beijing funded a clandestine network of candidates in 2019. The government did nothing. In 2021, seeing no obstacles in its way, the communist regime in Beijing went right back to influencing elections. No one was prosecuted, and no one was convicted. A clear message needs to be sent to the communist regime in Beijing: We will never tolerate foreign interference in our elections. This is the foundation of our democracy. What do the Liberals have to hide?
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