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House Hansard - 325

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 5, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 325 - Jun/5/24
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Jun/5/24 2:24:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a new day means a new scandal for the tired Liberal government. This time, it involves the Liberal employment minister, who needs to answer for whether he violated federal law by continuing business deals even after joining cabinet. In a conversation at his firm about contracts and cash, one of the firm's partners told someone asking for the money that a man named “Randy” would be available in 15 minutes for a partner's call. The employment minister was quick to say that the text conversation was not referencing him; it was someone else. It was another Randy. It is a small company. He owns 50% of it. He used to be a partner. Let us see if we can find out who the other Randy is in a game of “Guess Who?” Is he tall? Does he wear glasses? Does he have brown hair, blond hair or no hair? Is he a federal cabinet minister? Does he come from a city that rhymes with “smedmonton”? Mr. Speaker, the other Randy probably has the same last name and the same job as the employment minister. Will the other Randy please stand up?
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Context: House Hansard - 325 - Jun/5/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Jun/5/24 3:05:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General released another report yesterday about another Liberal scandal. This time, it is was about Sustainable Development Technology Canada's green fund. According to the report, administrators gave themselves funding 186 times, $123 million was paid out inappropriately, and half of that should never have been paid out in the first place. There is only one way to get to the bottom of this situation. Does the minister agree with our proposal to have the RCMP investigate?
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Context: House Hansard - 325 - Jun/5/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Jun/5/24 3:06:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in the same report, a senior official accuses this government of outright incompetence and says that the scandal rivals the sponsorship scandal, a phrase that brings back bad memories for all Canadians, especially the Liberal Party. I urge the minister to tread carefully, because on November 11, the whistle-blower said, “The minister said, on the record and multiple times, that he was briefed on the outcome only on August 27, but that's definitively not true. He lied at the ethics committee.” Who should we believe, the whistle-blower or the minister?
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