Ed Fast

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, how many Canadians have been employed on projects funded by the AIIB so far?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, I will take that as a “no” that the government did not conduct a gender-based analysis of this China-led investment.

I am just flabbergasted that a government that has put a singular focus on intersectionality would not find it puzzling that this taxpayer investment in a China-led bank did not have a gender-based lens applied to it.

How can that be?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, did the government conduct a gender-based analysis of this China-led investment, especially in light of the horrific treatment of Uighur women in western China?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, I will take that as a “no”.

Is the minister aware that this China-led bank is the biggest multilateral funder of dirty coal projects in southeast Asia?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, the estimates show that her government has already contributed $50 million of taxpayers' money to this bank. She is planning on contributing another $49 million.

Now, did the minister and her government make the return of the two Michaels a condition for investing taxpayers' dollars in this China-led bank?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Respectfully, Mr. Chair, this is disgraceful. It is a simple question. We are talking about the estimates, we are talking about the budget and she cannot tell us how much money the government has paid into the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Come on, Minister, please answer the question.

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, how much has the government paid into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, could the minister please at least answer the simple question: How much has the Liberal government contributed to that bank so far?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, I did not ask a question about the two Michaels and I did not ask a question about human rights, but since she raised the issue, this China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank does not apply a rigorous environmental, human rights or gender-based lens to its investments. Is the minister aware of that?

[Business of Supply, May 26th, 2021]

Mr. Chair, I asked a very simple question. How much has the Liberal government spent on the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and how much does it intend to spend in the future?