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House Hansard - 326

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
  • Jun/6/24 11:41:07 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, first of all, the Liberal government did not do enough in recent years to monitor what was going on. It sent money, but it did nothing to monitor what was being used and what was being done with that money. Second, suggesting that getting rid of SDTC will fix everything is absolutely ridiculous. It is absolutely ridiculous to suggest that eliminating a fund and transferring the money and the employees to the National Research Council will fix everything. These are the same employees. What is more, the eligibility criteria for projects to get funding remain unclear. What is going to happen? We do not know.
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Jun/6/24 2:55:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for years Canadians have been struggling because of this Liberal government, yet close friends of the Liberals have been profiting. What is the latest discovery about those Liberal friends? It involves the use of the Sustainable Development Technology Canada green fund. Liberal friends have taken it upon themselves to dip both hands in the cookie jar. According to the Auditor General, $123 million of taxpayers' money was misused. To get to the bottom of this, those documents need to be seen. Is the government going to give the RCMP access to all the documents so it can get to the bottom of this scandal?
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Jun/6/24 2:56:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us be serious. Does the minister realize that the Liberal scandal involving Sustainable Development Technology Canada's green fund is reminiscent of the sponsorship scandal? I am not the one saying that. It was a public official who testified during the Auditor General's investigation and who also said that the government is completely incompetent. Will the minister rise again and say that he did not see anything or some such thing? The reality is that Canadians want the truth and they want all the documents. Will the government give them to the RCMP, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Jun/6/24 3:13:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would be pleased to work on this with all of my colleagues who care about culture and the arts. That is why our government has invested more money than ever before in arts and culture. We understand how important this is in all communities across the country. We added $31 million to the Canada music fund. We put in an additional $32 million for festivals. We have added money for audiovisual production. We will always be there, unlike the Conservatives, who made cuts to the arts across the country when they were in power, and who are still opposed to tech giants paying their fair share.
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/6/24 4:27:31 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, unfortunately some Conservative members are calling it nothing more than a slush fund. I am wondering whether the member could provide some clarity. Does the member believe that the Conservative Party would in fact cut the funding aspect to the fund?
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Bernard Généreux
  • Jun/6/24 4:27:58 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the question is not whether we are going to abolish a fund like this. The reality is that we are all well aware of the fact that we must continue to invest in technology. What is more, it is part of the Conservative government's policies to bring new technologies on board to deal with the problem of climate change in Canada. Inevitably there will be and continue to be investments, but not with people who are appointed by friends of the Liberal fund who make sure that Liberal cronies can line their pockets.
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Bernard Généreux
  • Jun/6/24 4:29:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is a little odd that my colleague would ask me a question about that, because we have been extremely clear for months and months. We still want to pause taxes on fuel for the summer to give Canadians a break. Unfortunately, the Bloc Québécois does not want this and has spoken out against this idea. However, the member is not asking me about the nearly $200 million that was put into a fund managed by friends of the Liberals, who allocated funds to themselves while sitting on the board of directors of that organization. That is completely unacceptable. It is beyond belief. He is not even asking me anything about that. Does this mean the Bloc Québécois is okay with what those people were doing?
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Stephen Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester, CPC)
  • Jun/6/24 5:11:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I really appreciate my learned colleague's comments here. It would appear to me that this is an ongoing problem with a government that is not careful with other people's money, everybody's money, in this entire country. I wish we were here debating something that was confined to the green slush fund. This clearly is not. I wonder if my hon. colleague would comment a bit on the lack of prudence with others' money that the government continues to portray to Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Jun/6/24 5:26:27 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member spoke quite a bit about the ongoing corruption. We know that with this particular fund, there was a conflict of interest, and the government seems to lack an ethical compass. It seems like so many of these different departments are not following processes and procedures and have conflicts of interest, with Liberal friends getting ahead. We can go back to the We Charity scandal and the arrive scam. There is just so much. Can the member speak to the lack of governance, management and ethical compass?
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