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House Hansard - 210

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 9, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/23 11:27:01 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians expect all parliamentarians in this place to take the issue of foreign interference extremely seriously. It is not a partisan issue. Part of that is actually doing the work that comes with Mr. Johnston's report. I note that the leader of the Bloc has decided to not actually look at the information that has been provided to him, which is the basis of Mr. Johnston's report. If opposition members want to criticize the work of Mr. Johnston, they should first look at the documents included.
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Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Mr. Michael Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, CPC)
  • Jun/9/23 11:31:13 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in a growing conflict of interest, the Prime Minister's rapporteur and one of the people he was supposed to be investigating were paying the same firm for advice. That person, of course, is the former Liberal member for Don Valley North. He left the Liberal caucus amid a foreign interference scandal, and Johnston did not even interview him. Canadians do not trust this process, and they cannot believe Johnston's report. Will the Prime Minister finally call a public inquiry as, the House has called on him to do three times?
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Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/23 11:31:44 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unfortunately what we see is another Conservative taking a page out of the Trump playbook, where it is just personal attacks when they do not like the outcome. The Conservatives made the conclusion prior to Mr. Johnston's report. They were never going to accept it. They are pretending now that it is the process they are upset about, when it is all partisan games. On this side of the House, we take the importance of our democratic institutions seriously. That is why we appointed someone with Mr. Johnston's credibility to this position.
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Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Ms. Jennifer O'Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/23 11:34:33 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again the Conservatives question Mr. Johnston's report, yet their leader—
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Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Ms. Jennifer O'Connell
  • Jun/9/23 11:34:47 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, they are cheering the fact that they live under a veil of ignorance and they are proud to do so. They question Mr. Johnston's report, even though their own leader has said he refuses to read the information it was based on. If Canadians want to see somebody who is serious about foreign interference in the House, they should not look to the Conservatives, because all we hear is personal attacks in question after question.
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Context: House Hansard - 210 - Jun/9/23
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Jun/9/23 11:37:49 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since then, he has gotten caught in the Prime Minister's trap. Sacha Trudeau, Sheila Block, Valérie Gervais, Don Guy, Pierre-Elliott Trudeau, David Johnston, Frank Iacobucci, Morris Rosenberg, the MP for Don Valley North and a crisis management firm, all these people or organizations have connections to the Prime Minister. The problem is that they are all key actors in the play being staged by the Prime Minister in order to avoid launching an independent public inquiry into Beijing's interference. No one believes in Mr. Johnston's independence any more. When will the Prime Minister do the right thing, fire his friend Johnston and launch a real independent public inquiry?
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