Mr. Speaker, I have no idea where the hon. member is getting his information but none of it is true.
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Apec Summit October 5th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I have no idea where the hon. member is getting his information but none of it is true.
Apec Summit October 5th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I do not know where the hon. member is getting his information but I never said such a thing.
Apec Summit October 1st, 1998
Mr. Speaker, the Public Complaints Commission has dealt with thousands of cases over the last 10 years. We have never heard from the opposition before on this. It is quite a spectacle to see members of the opposition falling all over themselves trying to take political advantage of a very serious situation that the Public Complaints Commission will be dealing with starting Monday. I wish they would let it do its job and put their political ambitions behind.
Apec Summit September 30th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I think Canadians want to get to the truth. I think the hon. member is trading his interest and Canadians' interest in the truth to try to score cheap political points here.
The commission starts on Monday. I think we deserve to give the respect of the House to that organization, a body organized by the House which I think will satisfy the Canadian population's interest in getting to the bottom of this.
Apec Summit September 30th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member is trading his interest for the truth—
Apec Summit September 30th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I am sure Canadians want to get to the bottom of all these questions. There is an instrument to do that. It is called the Public Complaints Commission. It represents the interest of the public.
It starts its work on Monday. I would wish members opposite would let it do its work so we can get to the truth in the interest of the Canadian public.
Apec Summit September 30th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, as the House is well aware, I am sure, the inquiry commences on Monday.
In the interest of getting to the truth, I think we should leave it to the inquiry to do that, as parliament instructed when the Public Complaints Commission was established by the House to do just that job.
Apec Summit September 30th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, unlike my hon. colleague I believe that people who choose to serve their country do not park their integrity at the door.
Regardless of political affiliation, I do not accept the premise of the question that someone cannot serve their country independently because I believe they can. I believe they do.
Apec Summit September 29th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, the kind of interference the hon. member is suggesting is exactly the kind of interference he is condemning.
Apec Summit September 29th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I think it is very inappropriate for a member of parliament to say that anybody who wants to do public service for their country to get to the truth in this matter can somehow not be independent. I do not accept that premise and I do not think Canadians accept it either.