SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 318

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 27, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 318 - May/27/24
Mr. Blaine Calkins
  • May/27/24 5:19:30 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, I know. I am sorry. We all have EDAs, we all have riding associations and we all have care and control of these things. How hard is it as a politician not to do something, like not be partisan? How hard is that?
45 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 318 - May/27/24
Mr. Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West, CPC)
  • May/27/24 7:00:19 p.m.
  • Watch
  • Re: Bill C-59 
Mr. Speaker, I thought the member for Victoria said “Orson Welles”, and I found a quote from Orson Welles on politics, which reminds me of the member for Winnipeg North: “I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness.” I think that is my colleague across the way. Coming back to the actual issue being debated, Bill C-59, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, in his commentary about the fall economic statement, commented about the lack of transparency from the Liberal government being a concern. One issue I have noticed in the departmental results, which are part of the estimates process, which is eventually part of the statement, is that we see various departments such as the Department of Indigenous Services did not have 67% of its goals set for its priorities. For Veterans Affairs, it was 70%, and for Environment, it was 40%. I wonder if the member could comment on the lack of transparency from his own government on this important issue.
169 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border