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House Hansard - 166

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 8, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/8/23 2:39:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, has CSIS warned the Prime Minister, his staff, his party or anyone else that any member of his current caucus or cabinet may be part of a foreign interference network, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/8/23 2:40:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, has CSIS warned the Prime Minister, his staff or members of his party that members of his caucus or cabinet are part of a foreign interference network, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/8/23 2:42:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, CSIS warned the Prime Minister's Office three weeks before the 2019 election that at least one candidate was identified as implicated in a foreign interference network. Is that member in the Prime Minister's caucus or cabinet, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle, BQ)
  • Mar/8/23 2:44:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is understandable that the Prime Minister prefers to sweep the issue of interference under the rug. It is understandable that he does not want to hear it mentioned ever again and that he wants to move on. However, it is not that simple, and it will take more than a secret committee and a rapporteur doing the Prime Minister's bidding. The Prime Minister is playing with public confidence in our electoral system, and that is not very good news. I invite him to listen to the opposition parties. Will he establish an independent public commission of inquiry into foreign election interference?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/8/23 2:48:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, well, if he believes that he should be responsible, then he should answer the question. Which members of his staff were briefed by CSIS that one of his candidates was implicated in a foreign interference ring, and was Katie Telford, his chief of staff, among those briefed, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/8/23 2:53:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, during the 2019 election, the intelligence services warned the Prime Minister's Office that at least one of his Liberal candidates was part of a foreign interference network. Is that candidate now part of the Prime Minister's caucus, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/8/23 2:53:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will repeat the question. Three weeks before the 2019 election, our intelligence services notified the Prime Minister's Office that one of his candidates was implicated in a foreign interference network. According to our intelligence agencies, were any members of the Prime Minister's party or any of his ministers part of that network, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/8/23 2:55:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, members of the Prime Minister's Office were present when our intelligence services warned his office that one of his candidates was part of the interference network. Was Katie Telford aware, yes or no, of that warning? Did she inform the Prime Minister, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/8/23 3:17:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the selective partisan memory of the Leader of the Opposition is quite openly on display right now. It was just a few months ago when they were criticizing me for standing up directly to President Xi Jinping as I talked about the impacts of foreign interference in our country. I will continue to ensure that we are holding to account anyone who engages in illegal actions in Canada, including in foreign interference. We have never hesitated to take action where and when necessary, and we will continue to.
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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/8/23 3:23:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians are rightly extremely concerned about foreign interference in our institutions, our elections and our democracy. That is why we are putting forward an independent top expert who will look at the entire landscape of interference and make sure that we are doing everything necessary and give Canadians confidence that the right processes have been followed, will be followed and that Canadians can continue to have confidence in their democracy and in the people they elect.
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