Evidence of meeting #46 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was witnesses.
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Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Martelli, what percentage of the vote did you get in your riding?
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As an Individual
If I'm not mistaken, sir, I think it was about 14.8% of the vote.
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Conservative
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As an Individual
Well, if I got less than 10%, why did Elections Canada ship back $8,000 that you guys took?
August 11th, 2008 / 3 p.m.
A voice
Let's ask them.
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Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
Well, maybe they didn't, sir. Maybe you never got a refund. Did you look into that?
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As an Individual
Well, from what I know, if you didn't get over 10%, you were supposed to pay back—
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As an Individual
I was supposed to pay back, but they never asked for that.
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Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
Yes, that's because you didn't get 10% of the votes, so you didn't get a refund.
Now, Mr. Martelli, what—
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As an Individual
Excuse me, sir, perhaps I could answer. If I was looking at the newspaper, because usually—
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Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
No, I'm moving on to my next question. It's okay. I'm just trying to clarify something for you.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Paul Szabo
Gentlemen, simply on behalf of the translators—they work very hard back there—we can only have one person talk at a time.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Paul Szabo
So ask a question, let him answer; and then let him ask a question, etc., both of you.
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Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
Okay, but I've got the answer I was looking for, Mr. Chairman.
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As an Individual
Sir, if I may ask this, on January 24, following the day of the election, in La Presse they showed all the statistics, and I got 14.8% of the votes. That's what they had marked.
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Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
Okay. You may want to check into that.
What led you to believe you were part of a regional media buy, Mr. Martelli? What led you to believe you were part of a regional media buy? What led you to believe you had anything to do with this?
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As an Individual
Well, it's you guys who deposited the amount in my account without any explanations.
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Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
Okay, but you were never a part of any regional media buy. Did you know that?
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As an Individual
It was because I wasn't a star candidate for your guys; that's why.
