44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 7, 2023 02:00PM
- Jun/7/23 2:35:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I refuse to see in secret what should be seen by everyone. What I am proposing to the Prime Minister is a type of truce.
If Parliament would appoint an independent commissioner who would decide what should or should not be public, we could move on to other things.
Otherwise, we will have to ask and keep asking repeatedly how the Prime Minister can retain a rapporteur who is his friend and who admitted that his report, which was crucial to the security of his nation and mine, is incomplete and biased. He admitted that he did not speak to the Chief Electoral Officer or the Chinese nationals he is responsible for—
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- Jun/7/23 2:36:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the leader of the Bloc just said that he refuses to see in secret what should be public.
I completely understand that he is committed to his role in opposition and that he never expects to govern. However, as a leader and parliamentarian, he should understand that his responsibility to serve Canadians well comes with the opportunity, and even the duty, to dig deeper into the facts, something the public cannot do.
When it comes to national security, there are reasons why we must be discrete with the facts. He can be apprised of them.
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- Jun/7/23 2:44:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, like his good friend the Prime Minister, the loyal rapporteur turned a blind eye to important information in order to avoid recommending an independent public inquiry into the Beijing regime.
He did not see fit to question the Chief Electoral Officer. He did not question the member for Don Valley East. He did not consult the CSIS reports that were forwarded to the member for Durham. He did not read the CSIS reports that directly link Global Times, a disinformation newspaper, to the Chinese Communist Party. There was not a word about the police stations run by Beijing or the Trudeau Foundation.
Following this highly partisan demonstration, will the Prime Minister now announce an independent public inquiry?
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- Jun/7/23 2:47:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while the Prime Minister does more to protect Liberal government secrets and the Trudeau Foundation, he is not protecting the people with family still living under the Chinese regime, being oppressed by China as an intimidation tactic. These people have the right to security on Canadian and Quebec soil. He is not protecting them.
This morning, representatives from Taiwan, the Uyghur Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, Tibet and the Solomon Islands asked the Prime Minister for a public inquiry.
Will the Prime Minister act like a head of state and allow this public inquiry?
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- Jun/7/23 2:49:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member knows very well that there are elements of national security that cannot be shared with the public. That is the reality of the world we live in. There are people, members of our armed forces and CSIS, who put their lives in danger to uncover the secrets of other countries and countries that wish us harm.
We offered top secret information to the leader of the Bloc Québécois so he could better understand what we cannot share in public, and he has refused and is choosing ignorance rather than the facts.
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- Jun/7/23 3:07:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is difficult to find out the truth about interference because the Prime Minister refuses to reveal it.
He is trying to lure the opposition leaders into keeping his forced secrets. In a dramatic turn of events, David Johnston admitted that he also did not have access to the whole truth before he determined that a public inquiry was not needed.
The Prime Minister has two choices. He either needs to fire David Johnston and seriously consider a public inquiry or he needs to confirm that this whole process was an attempt to hide the truth.
Which will it be?
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