Michael Barrett at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On July 29th, 2020. See this statement in context.

July 29th, 2020 / 1:40 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Barrett Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON

Thanks, Madam Chair.

I want to respond to Mr. Fergus and make sure it's on the record that in February, this committee had the opportunity to bring the Ethics Commissioner to sit and testify on the “Trudeau II Report”. That was the second time Justin Trudeau was found to have broken the law during his time as Prime Minister, which is a national shame.

We keep hearing that it's historic that the Prime Minister has agreed to testify at committee. Well, it's historic that he's under investigation for a third time for breaking the law.

Yes, I filibustered against the Liberal cover-up in February. You tried to cover up the report. You didn't want it read into committee, which is highly unusual, and then you filibustered for your next cover-up.

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