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House Hansard - 308

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 3, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/3/24 11:57:46 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a lobbying firm owned by the business partner of the lone Alberta minister secured $110 million in federal contracts. As money went out the door, the minister was receiving payments from the very same lobbying firm. This is scandalous. Canadians deserve to know what the minister's cut was. How much was he paid?
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/3/24 11:58:51 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister is clearly in full cover-up mode, because it gets worse. The minister's business partner was lobbying the minister's own department as cheques were being cut from the lobbying firm to the minister. If that does not smell of self-dealing and corruption, I do not know what does. Once again, how much has the minister pocketed from the lobbying firm since he was appointed to cabinet?
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/3/24 12:18:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker. I rise to present a petition in which the petitioners are calling on the government to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and for Parliament to pass Bill S-281, known as Brian's bill, which would do just that, such that convicted murderers would no longer be eligible to apply for parole after they served their minimum sentence. Rather, they would only be able to apply at the time of their automatic review as opposed to the current situation, where they can apply each and every year after their minimum sentence. This is in recognition of the significant trauma and harm it causes to victims' families to be put through repeated parole hearings.
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