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House Hansard - 325

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 5, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 325 - Jun/5/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/5/24 2:28:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we do not need secrets and confidentiality. That is what got us into this problem in the first place. We need the facts so that Canadians can judge. Just as in the case of the green slush fund, the Auditor General revealed $123 million of spending that broke the rules, $59 million of projects that never should have been awarded money at all and $76 million in money gone to companies connected to Liberal-appointed members, including $217,000 to the chair of the fund that was giving out the money. Will the government support our common-sense plan to hand over all this information to the RCMP for a police investigation?
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Context: House Hansard - 325 - Jun/5/24
Mrs. Dominique Vien
  • Jun/5/24 7:14:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question and his comments. I do indeed have the numbers. Unfortunately, I do not have them with me, but I would be happy to send my colleague the data he is looking for on complaints received, which are compiled by the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail, or CNESST, Quebec's labour board, which is well known in Quebec. The CNESST compiles all this information. My colleague used the word “courage”, which is very important and stands out to me. As he said, it takes courage to make a complaint. In civil society, it takes courage for victims, in particular women, who are experiencing domestic violence, intimate partner violence or various other difficulties, to go to the police to give a statement and file a complaint. It takes a lot of courage, but it also takes time. If the person does not have the time to do it, three months may go by without them realizing what has happened, but by then it is too bad, nothing can be done. It takes courage, but it takes time too.
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