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House Hansard - 165

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/7/23 2:25:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the dictatorship in Beijing has been helping the Prime Minister for 10 years. It started with a $200,000 donation to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, and now it has helped Liberal candidates get elected in at least two elections. What does the Prime Minister want to do? He wants to set up a secret committee that will do a secret investigation with secret information. It is the Las Vegas rule: What happens in committee stays in committee. What does the Prime Minister have to hide?
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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/7/23 2:49:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am getting even more goosebumps. Foreign interference in our elections requires a transparent, independent and public inquiry. We know it will not be transparent because it will be led by a committee that is legally bound to secrecy. It simply is not entitled to be transparent. We also know that the inquiry will not be independent either, because the Prime Minister will personally select his rapporteur. Given that we know that the inquiry will not be transparent or independent, it will obviously not be public. What is the Prime Minister trying to hide from the public?
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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Mar/7/23 2:50:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, instead of following the advice of CSIS to provide transparency and sunlight when it comes to Beijing's election interference, the Prime Minister announced what amounts to a cover-up: a secret committee with secret evidence and secret conclusions redacted by the PMO, all to bury the truth. There is no transparency, no sunlight and total secrecy. What does the Prime Minister have to hide?
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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Mar/7/23 2:52:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Prime Minister announced yesterday is nothing more than a smokescreen with no transparency. Indeed, the only thing that is transparent is the transparent attempt by the Liberals to cover up what the Prime Minister knows about Beijing's election interference. Consistent with this, today at committee the Liberals are filibustering to block the Prime Minister's chief of staff from having to testify. Why? What is he so afraid of? What does he have to hide?
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