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House Hansard - 308

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 3, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Mr. Ziad Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning, CPC)
  • May/3/24 11:12:59 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, shady business has become the government's status quo. It has recently been revealed that the Prime Minister's only Alberta minister was sneakily cashing cheques from a lobbyist who secured $110 million in contracts from his own government, even from his own ministry. Not only that, but until two weeks ago, he was listed as a director of Global Health Imports, a company winning over $8 million in government contracts. The smell of a looming scandal is undeniably pungent. Despite that, time and time again, the minister has sat quietly in this House and hidden behind his government House leader, claiming he did nothing wrong. If he is so innocent, why does the Minister of Employment not stand up in this House today and tell us how much money he got from his lobbying side hustle?
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Context: House Hansard - 308 - May/3/24
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • May/3/24 11:52:32 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, sadly, Alberta is on track to have the most toxic drug deaths per capita in Canada by June. Clearly, Alberta's Conservative recovery-only model is tragically failing, but who has jumped on board to support it? The Conservative leader has. While he regularly meets up with far right extremist groups, he will not even meet with Moms Stop the Harm, families that have lost loved ones to the toxic drug crisis. That is the kind of guy he is. The Liberals have let it happen by not taking a national approach to fighting the crisis. When will the Liberal government finally intervene?
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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
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors, Lib.)
  • May/3/24 12:03:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is $1,192 for a family of four in Newfoundland and Labrador, $760 for a family of four in New Brunswick, $824 in Nova Scotia, $880 in PEI, $1,120 in Ontario, $1,200 in Manitoba and $1,800 in Alberta. These are not phony benefits. This is not chicken feed, as has been described by the other side. This is cold, hard cash. This goes into the pockets of Canadians.
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