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House Hansard - 143

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 143 - Dec/7/22
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock, CPC)
  • Dec/7/22 2:38:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we do not get to pick and choose out of the report. The Auditor General found waste in the billions, and the minister then said that she changed her numbers under pressure from the opposition. Yes, she called the Auditor General's integrity into question. It is shameful. Meals on Wheels in my community had to close because of high food costs and rising gas prices. Volunteers cannot afford to deliver meals. The $32 billion in government waste is an insult to those who have been stretching dimes into dollars. Why should the Auditor General, seniors, workers and the vulnerable pay the price for Liberal waste?
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Context: House Hansard - 143 - Dec/7/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Dec/7/22 2:39:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here on this side of the House, we have confidence in the Auditor General, but the Minister of National Revenue, who was implicated in the Auditor General's report yesterday, is questioning her integrity. What did the minister say? She said the Auditor General was pressured by the opposition and that it was not her fault that her numbers concerning wasteful government spending were exaggerated. Yesterday, the Auditor General said, “the requirement to do the audit on the specific COVID benefits was included in an act.... That act...gave us a deadline to provide [the information] to the clerk”. Who makes these laws? The government. Why is the minister misleading the House? Will she apologize for the inappropriate remarks she made yesterday, yes or no?
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