Pierre Poilievre on Business of Supply

In the House of Commons on April 29th, 2008. See this statement in context.

Opposition Motion—Elections CanadaBusiness of SupplyGovernment Business

April 29th, 2008 / 11:05 a.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Nepean—Carleton, ON

And the local candidates paid their national party $820,000.

Regarding this amount of $732,000 that the Bloc Québécois transferred to its candidates for local spending, I wonder if local candidates were reimbursed by Elections Canada? Can the hon. member tell the House if Canadian taxpayers had to reimburse the money transferred to local candidates?

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