Raj Saini at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On December 9th, 2020. See this statement in context.

December 9th, 2020 / 4:50 p.m.

Liberal

Raj Saini Liberal Kitchener Centre, ON

Okay.

Volkswagen paid $2.8 billion in criminal penalties and $1.45 billion in civil penalties, so in total it paid $4.3 billion out of a maximum, if we look at the lower end, of $49 billion, which would have been 8.6%.

Don't you think that in Canada we had a higher reach in terms of fines than the United States?

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