René Villemure at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 14th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2023 / 4 p.m.

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René Villemure Bloc Trois-Rivières, QC

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Conacher, my comments will be for you first.

Before entering politics, I worked for 25 years as an ethicist with government. In addition to suggesting Canadians storm Parliament, you said some very harsh things.

First, do you believe that any donation, contribution or association necessarily means influence?

Second, do you think being influenced is a negative thing?

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