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House Hansard - 177

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 31, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Mar/31/23 11:20:32 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we can imagine the conversation between the Prime Minister and the minister: “Mr. Minister, how can we avoid being found guilty of breaking ethics laws? Oh, I know, Mr. Prime Minister, I will appoint my sister-in-law as the commissioner and we can discuss each case around the supper table. That's a brilliant idea. I like appointing our family members and friends as independent officers to investigate us.” There is just one problem. Having already appointed three people who are friends and members of the family, will they run out of family members and friends for these positions?
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Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/31/23 11:41:36 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, this is just another in a long list of Liberal ethical lapses. They appointed one of the Prime Minister's neighbours from the cottage as special rapporteur on Chinese interference. They appointed a Liberal staffer to head the commission on Ottawa's protest convoy. Today, they appointed a minister's sister-in-law as Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. No one is questioning her qualifications. That said, there are 39 million Canadians out there, so why does every Liberal appointment always go to someone with Liberal Party connections?
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Context: House Hansard - 177 - Mar/31/23
Mr. Mel Arnold (North Okanagan—Shuswap, CPC)
  • Mar/31/23 11:52:08 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we should all remember clam scam, when the then fisheries minister was found guilt of an ethics breach for awarding a $24-million licence to a company to be ran by his wife's cousin. Now the Liberals have appointed the same cabinet minister's sister-in-law as the Ethics Commissioner. Really? Can they only find family and insiders willing to work for them, or is this another attempt to censor disclosure of their ongoing ethics issues? Which is it?
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