John Baird at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 17th, 2006 / 12:20 p.m.

Conservative

John Baird Conservative Ottawa West—Nepean, ON

I appreciate your comment, but it was former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien who restored the program, and not the former conservative government.

Your comments are interesting. I agree with you when you say that you want the Canadian government to give money to lawyers to challenge provincial laws. That is interesting. I did not think that the Bloc would hold that view.

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