Evidence of meeting #64 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was conservative.
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4:10 p.m.
Conservative
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Nepean—Carleton, ON
I see that the member interrupted my remarks to filibuster and accuse someone else of filibustering at the same time. I have to commend the creativity of that kind of intervention.
My second point, Chair, is that Mr. McGuinty points out that there were transfers between my campaign in the 2006 election and my riding association. He's made that allegation, and you know what? It's absolutely true; it's a fact. My riding association transferred money to my election campaign in what is considered to be not only allowed but mandatory. My riding association cannot participate in an election campaign. It has to transfer funds over to my election association.
Now, the reason he did that—because he knows the law very well and he knew that was perfectly permissible—is he was trying to make a comparison with what Mr. Dion was up to with his $12,200 campaign transfer between his riding association and the national party. Here is the distinction: Mr. Dion was making transfers between his riding association and the national party without any explanation of what those transfers were for, and then they were transferred back to his local riding association. An invoice provides very little detail of exactly what the $12,200 was used for. The only way we could find out what he was up to in engaging in such a transfer, for which, by the way, he was eligible to have taxpayers rebate him, would be to have him come before this committee and present that invoice to us for our examination and further questioning.
I, on the other hand, did not flush any of my money through a national party and have it transferred back to me. That has never happened. That's not how we do business in Nepean—Carleton. In Nepean—Carleton we follow the rules. That's exactly what we've done.
4:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Goodyear
Excuse me, Mr. Poilievre.
Colleagues, I have to respect everybody at the meeting, please.
It being 4:15, this meeting is now adjourned.