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House Hansard - 169

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 20, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 169 - Mar/20/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Mar/20/23 2:39:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will tell everyone what obstruction looks like. When I was the critic, and I was trying to deal with the then Conservative government, Justice Iacobucci and Justice O'Connor critically called for the establishment of an independent oversight mechanism filled with parliamentarians that could look into every aspect of government. What did the opposition leader do when he was minister of democratic reforms? He did nothing. He did not take action on that. We did. This means that members of Parliament from every single party have the opportunity to look into every aspect of this matter. We have offered witnesses. We have had many ministers testify. What is their interest? Partisan—
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Context: House Hansard - 169 - Mar/20/23
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Mar/20/23 2:51:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's chief of staff is a critical witness to get to the heart of the scandal in terms of what the Prime Minister knows, when he knew about it and why he failed to respond to Beijing's election interference. If, instead of doing the bidding of the corrupt Prime Minister, the NDP do an about-face to finally stand up for democracy, and the motion passes, will the Prime Minister respect the will of the House or double down on his obstruction and his cover-up?
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