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House Hansard - 154

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 6, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 154 - Feb/6/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/6/23 3:02:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for the past eight years, the Liberal government has been spending recklessly and blindly. The Liberal government gave $173 million to a pharmaceutical company that had Philip Morris as a shareholder. Since 2003, the World Health Organization, or WHO, has refused to recognize research funded by any tobacco companies. What is more, Canada has been a signatory to that declaration since 2003. Unfortunately, what happened could have easily been predicted. The WHO would not recognize the research. The minister said he was surprised. The company is now shutting down. Why did the government not do the most obvious thing, which would have been to tell Medicago to drop Philip Morris as a shareholder so that Canada could help it?
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Context: House Hansard - 154 - Feb/6/23
Mrs. Anna Roberts (King—Vaughan, CPC)
  • Feb/6/23 3:59:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I listened very intently to my colleague, and I have to say that as a taxpayer and as a shareholder of this country, I think it is our responsibility to explain to taxpayers why and when this money was spent, and how it was spent. After all, there is only one taxpayer in this country. We deserve to give taxpayers that answer. That is why we were sent to this House: to be honest and loyal. I would like a comment from my colleague on how we can encourage the Liberals to provide us with that information.
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