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House Hansard - 281

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 13, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/13/24 2:22:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the COVID-19 pandemic was a once-in-a-generation or even a once-in-a-century occurrence in which every decision we took was designed to protect Canadians' lives. At the same time, even in a situation like that, there are rules that need to be followed, and we expect, and all Canadians expect, public servants to follow those rules. We will, of course, encourage the RCMP to do its work, but it does not take politicians, not even leaders of the opposition, to tell the RCMP to do its job. It does its job, and it does it well.
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Feb/13/24 2:44:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will try to keep this simple. Imagine for a moment that an emergency contract is awarded to repair the roof of an official residence, the Farm, because it is leaking. The contractor who is hired says that the repair will cost $20,000. The contractor begins the work and sends an initial bill for $500,000 without any explanation. Would anyone pay the bill without asking any questions, even though the roof is still leaking? That is what happened with the Prime Minister's ArriveCAN app. The Auditor General and the ombudsman both saw it, but no one in the government saw it? That is hard to believe. Will the government agree to our request for an investigation and let the RCMP do its job?
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