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House Hansard - 144

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Dec/8/22 2:26:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us talk about those measures. The federal government has a Crown corporation whose mandate is to monitor communications security. It is called the CSE, the Communications Security Establishment. Nobody in government thought to ask CSE experts to assess the national security risk associated with this contract, which gave a company accused of espionage in the U.S. access to the RCMP's secret frequencies. Nobody in government thought to ask the CSE to look into this. What is the Prime Minister's explanation for that?
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Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Dec/8/22 2:27:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said yesterday, we are concerned about the situation. That is why we asked the minister and officials to review two things. First, what should we do to ensure the integrity and security of our communications at this point? Second, how can we improve our systems to avoid problems like this going forward?
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Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Dec/8/22 2:56:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is something. The Liberal government gave access to the RCMP's secured communications system to a company held by Beijing while the RCMP confirmed that it was investigating Beijing's interference into our election. There was no security check nor any questions about the company that the RCMP is going to entrust its secret codes to for its internal communications. Our American neighbours have known about this for a long time and that company was on their blacklist. Instead of taking responsibility, as usual the Prime Minister is blaming others. Why is the Prime Minister always so slow and so spineless every time he needs to stand up to Beijing?
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Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Dec/8/22 2:58:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have a serious problem in Canada. Judging by the Liberals' answers, the media is the Prime Minister's primary source of information on Beijing's interference. Whether it is a network of candidates funded by China or a company held by the Chinese communist regime getting a contract to protect the RCMP's communications, every time the Prime Minister denies having been informed by his intelligence experts. Either the Prime Minister has his eyes closed or he does not want to know; or he knows, but is voluntarily hiding the information. Which answer are we going to get today?
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