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House Hansard - 201

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)
  • May/29/23 9:29:16 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, is the member opposite talking about in my career as a financial journalist?
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:29:28 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, yes. How many times with different members of McKinsey and Company?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:29:33 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, in my career as a financial journalist, I interviewed people from McKinsey very often.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:29:41 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, what about in her role as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:29:46 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, in my role as Deputy Prime Minister and finance minister, I often meet with business leaders from across—
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The Chair
  • May/29/23 9:29:52 p.m.
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The hon. member.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:29:53 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, does she have a relationship with Dominic Barton?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:29:59 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, we have spoken about quickies earlier this evening, so I am not sure to what the member opposite is—
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The Chair
  • May/29/23 9:30:07 p.m.
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The hon. member for Calgary Midnapore.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:30:10 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, has she ever discussed policy with him?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:30:14 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I first met Mr. Barton when I was a financial journalist—
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The Chair
  • May/29/23 9:30:21 p.m.
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The hon. member.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:30:22 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, in an article published by the CBC on January 24, 2023, two public servants from IRCC came forward about the role McKinsey had been playing in the policy decisions of the government. The sources were also critical of McKinsey's possible influence over Canada's immigration targets. Have the Deputy Prime Minister and Mr. Barton ever discussed immigration policy?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:30:43 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, as I said, as a financial journalist, I often interviewed many people from McKinsey and other international businesses. As the finance minister, one of my jobs is to talk to business leaders from Canada and around the world. That is one of the things that I do.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:31:07 p.m.
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Madam Chair, can the deputy minister inform us as to McKinsey's role in the creation of the Canada Infrastructure Bank?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:31:17 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the Canada Infrastructure Bank was set up when I was trade minister and foreign minister, so I was not directly involved in its creation.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:31:30 p.m.
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Madam Chair, has the Deputy Prime Minister ever worked with Mr. Sabia?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:31:36 p.m.
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Madam Chair, yes, I certainly have worked extensively with our deputy minister of finance.
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Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • May/29/23 9:31:42 p.m.
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Madam Chair, have the Deputy Prime Minister and Mr. Sabia ever discussed the Canada Infrastructure Bank?
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • May/29/23 9:31:48 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I have certainly discussed the Canada Infrastructure Bank with our deputy minister of finance, and in fact the Canada Infrastructure Bank is referred to in all the—
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