Pierre Poilievre at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On March 29th, 2021. See this statement in context.

March 29th, 2021 / 3:20 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

A moment ago you were asked clearly if the Canada student service grant was retroactive to May 5. You answered, “no”.

I have here the contribution agreement. This is the date on which it was signed: June 23. It says here, “Effective date and duration: This Agreement shall come into effect on May 5th, 2020”.

Were you simply ignorant of the facts or were you deliberately misleading the committee when you said that it wasn't made retroactive?

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