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House Hansard - 276

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 6, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Feb/6/24 12:04:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it says, “put in place tough new measures to crack down on organized crime and money laundering linked to auto thefts.” The member has obviously not read it, so I do not believe he should comment on it. Conservatives should just accept the amendment.
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/6/24 2:20:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a fact that organized crime is involved in auto theft in Canada. That is why we gave $121 million to the Province of Ontario, for example, to fight organized crime and car theft, but the Conservative Party voted against granting that money. We are in the process of fighting money laundering. The Conservatives are going to vote against that. Canadians are wondering why the Conservative leader is defending organized crime instead of dealing with auto theft.
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/6/24 2:20:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has made Canada the capital of organized crime and money laundering, and yes, it is true, he is spending a lot more money to add more bureaucracy and hire management consultants for managers who cannot manage things themselves. My common-sense plan will fire consultants and put that money toward border agents and scanners to scan all outgoing containers to stop auto theft. Will he follow my common-sense plan?
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/6/24 2:22:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Leader of the Opposition is saying would be more credible if he had not voted against sending $121 million to the Province of Ontario to fight against organized crime and car theft, and if he had not announced that he is voting against our fight against money laundering. He still has time to change his perspective and get behind our initiatives to fight organized crime, fight auto theft and stand up for Canadians. He cut thousands of jobs, under his previous government, from border services. We have invested in them, and we will continue to do so.
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Hon. Arif Virani (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Feb/6/24 2:37:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have a lot of respect for the member for Wellington—Halton Hills, but I would ask him to reflect seriously on the vote he is going to cast on the fall economic statement. The fall economic statement deals directly with the money laundering that is fuelling organized crime. We know that auto theft and so many other crimes right now are being committed and orchestrated by organized criminals. We have the ability to get tough on their financing structures and break down those organizations. The member hopefully has the rectitude to address that issue, vote against his leader's instructions and vote in favour of the fall economic statement.
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Context: House Hansard - 276 - Feb/6/24
Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills, CPC)
  • Feb/6/24 2:38:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Bill C-59 will do little to combat the problem of organized crime and money laundering in this country, which by the government's own estimate is $133 billion a year, equal to 5% of GDP. The government has ignored numerous reports and protected lawyers from money laundering and terrorist financing law and failed to crack down on Canada's big banks and their funnelling of money laundering and terrorist financing through our financial system. When is the government going to subject lawyers to federal law and start cracking down on our big banks and the gobs of money laundering going through our financial system?
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