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House Hansard - 204

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jun/1/23 2:25:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the House voted again yesterday in favour of a public inquiry into Chinese interference. The three opposition parties stood up for our constituents, who are demanding an inquiry. However, there is no inquiry because, as David Johnston explained yesterday, his mandate comes neither from the House nor from the people. His mandate comes from the Prime Minister himself. The Prime Minister said, no, over my dead body, the people will not get an inquiry. I know the Liberal members. They are democrats. Are they not embarrassed that their leader is the only one fighting this inquiry, but more importantly, the only one going against the entire population?
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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Jun/1/23 2:44:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last night the special rapporteur admitted it himself. The Prime Minister gave him his mandate and he could care less about the vote in the House of Commons. I would like to quote from Le Journal de Montréal: …Mr. Johnston has obviously become Justin Trudeau's adviser.... As he understands it, his role is to protect his boss, the Prime Minister…even if it means sacrificing his career and the reputation that goes with it.  This was written today by Yasmine Abdelfadel in her column entitled “Democracy's new enemy is David Johnston”. The Conservatives are not the ones saying this. When is the Prime Minister finally going to put the former governor general out of his misery by ending this charade and launching an independent public inquiry?
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