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Member of Parliament

René Villemure

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Trois-Rivières
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 61%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $192,702.62

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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Jun/1/23 2:46:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my democracy is suffering, and I hope that I will not get an answer that I have already heard. I want to come back to what we learned the day before yesterday about the member for Durham. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service informed him that he was the target of a disinformation campaign by Chinese authorities during the 2021 election. That is important. We are talking about the leader of the opposition at the time, someone who could have legitimately expected to become prime minister, someone who was the leader of the party that got the most votes in 2021. We are not talking about just anyone. The interference is not targeting the government. It is targeting our democracy as a whole. We are all concerned, and we are all calling for a public inquiry. What will the government do?
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Context: House Hansard - 164 - Mar/6/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/6/23 2:41:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there are two possibilities: Either Chinese authorities are interfering in our electoral system and we have to do everything in our power to stop them, or there is no interference and a commission of inquiry will help restore public trust in our electoral system. In any case, the best thing to do, or rather, the only thing we can do to ensure that the public continues to trust their institutions, is to launch an inquiry. Under these circumstances, when will the government call an independent commission of public inquiry?
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