Evidence of meeting #112 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was third.
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9:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Thank you very much.
I'm going to use the prerogative of the chair to give Blake 15 seconds to ask his witness something.
9:15 p.m.
Conservative
Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB
I want to ask Mr. Turmel if he'd ever run for a party leadership, because it sounds like there might be an opportunity. You might want to chat with your neighbour next to you there.
9:15 p.m.
As an Individual
Well, in 1993, if you're asking your friend, I was busted running the biggest underground casino in history, with 28 tables on St. Laurent Boulevard. I had to spend a million bucks before they took it away as proceeds of crime. So I founded a political party, the Abolitionist Party, anti-slavery—we're going to get rid of the debt slavery—and ran more candidates than the Greens. Guess what? Running for prime minister got me invited to the UN in 2000 as an NGO. I got invited to do the speech on banking, because they'd heard of LETS, the software of time banking, and, would you believe, the millennium declaration said we're going to restructure the global financial architecture with an alternative time-based currency some day.
9:15 p.m.
Liberal
David Graham Liberal Laurentides—Labelle, QC
I'll ask you a very short question. Have you ever run to win?
9:15 p.m.
As an Individual
I always run to win, but then once I install the software.... Look, Mr. Spock never needed help from the slows to reprogram a central computer and save a planet, and neither do I. Then I can retire.
9:15 p.m.
Liberal
David Graham Liberal Laurentides—Labelle, QC
It may be that you're still using a three and a half inch floppy disk.
9:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Committee members, we will reconvene tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Wellington Building because of the video conference.
To the two of you, thank you for your patience today. I know you came in at 3:30 p.m. or 4:30 p.m., so thank you very much.