Michael Barrett at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On September 16th, 2024. See this statement in context.

September 16th, 2024 / 4:05 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Barrett Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON

Commissioner and Mr. Aquilino, it's good to see you.

I have a hypothetical question for you. If a designated public office holder like a minister had a financial interest in a company like Telesat, which received a loan of more than $2 billion from the government just days ago, would that minister have needed to recuse themselves? What would that look like for that minister with that interest in Telesat?

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