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Pierre Paul-Hus

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $115,195.70

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Context: House Hansard - 312 - May/9/24
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, CPC)
  • May/9/24 2:40:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is exactly the point of my question. We have 109,000 new people who were hired; congratulations to them. Why, then, are we continuing to pay consultants to the tune of $21 billion a year? The question is simple: Will the government cancel the consultants' contracts totalling $21 billion and use the professional services of its new public servants, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 312 - May/9/24
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, CPC)
  • May/9/24 2:39:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, an additional 109,000 federal employees have been hired since 2015. What is more, the government awards $21 billion a year to outside consultants. It is outrageous. We are paying double. Hiring consultants in Ottawa is not done through voting for the budget, it is done through voting for appropriations. The Bloc Québécois supported those appropriations to the tune of $500 billion. Will the Prime Minister commit to firing all those consultants and relying on the expertise of his thousands of new public servants?
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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, CPC)
  • Mar/28/23 2:38:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today, the Minister of Finance will announce a $1.4-billion cut in spending on outside consultants. However, given that the government has increased the size of the public service by 28% since 2017, even more of the work that is currently being contracted out to private companies could be done in-house. The government is spending over $21 billion a year on outside contracts, and the proposed cut clearly shows that its real intention is to continue giving money to its cronies. Will the Prime Minister commit today to cut spending on outside contracts in order to reduce the burden on Canadians?
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