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House Hansard - 213

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/14/23 3:08:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, four years ago, Conservatives told the Prime Minister that he had no business sending over 200 million tax dollars to the Beijing-controlled Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to fund pipelines and roads and bridges over there while Canadians could not pay for groceries. Now we have been proven right by the head of communications for that very bank, who has resigned, saying that it is dominated by the Communist Party and is being used to build Beijing's empire around the world. The government says it is going to cease operations now, but the question is this: Where is the $200 million of Canadians' money that he gave that bank?
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Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/14/23 3:09:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that was not the question. Conservatives agreed with Japan and the United States, which refused to give money to the Beijing-controlled Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. We pleaded with the Prime Minister not to throw our money away on this enterprise, which was designed to expand Beijing's empire around the world by building infrastructure in other countries. However, 200 million Canadian tax dollars have gone into this bank, so I will ask for a third time: Where is our money and how will we get it back?
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