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Member for Newton—Delta North May 31st, 2005
Mr. Speaker, both statements are untrue.
First, yesterday in the House I said that when the member approached the government, I was obviously informed. Second, at no time, however, did I ever say that I would meet with the hon. member. In fact, if one looks at the newspapers, they have said that the hon. member's story is totally false.
Member for Newton—North Delta May 30th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, the leader of the NDP knows full well that it is not up to the government to initiate an investigation by the RCMP. The fact is that those tapes are in the possession of a member of this House. One would hope that the member will make those tapes public.
Member for Newton—North Delta May 30th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, once again, in an effort to be more civil, members should not use their immunity in this House to engage in a witch hunt. I repeat once again that no offer was made. That means no offer was made.
Member for Newton—North Delta May 30th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, I repeat: no offer was made and it was the hon. member for Newton—North Delta who approached us, period.
Member for Newton—North Delta May 30th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, I have not heard the recording. The hon. member knows full well that there were discussions. I can repeat that, one, it was the hon. member for Newton—North Delta who approached the government and, two, that no offer was made.
Sponsorship Program May 30th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, the work of the committee came to light because there was nothing secret about it. It came to light because the committee is doing the very job it was set up to do and that is to make sure that in fact the inquiry has all of the papers it requires and that the government is responsive to its needs.
Members of the opposition stand up daily and ask, will the government provide this and will the government cooperate. It requires a structure to do that. The answer is yes, we have cooperated, and we will continue to do so.
Sponsorship Program May 30th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition knows that the inquiry is complex. It goes back over a 10 year period and involves thousands of transactions.
The mandate of the coordination in the PCO is to ensure that in fact the commission has the support it requires from the government. There are literally thousands upon thousands of documents that have to be prepared. It is the PCO that makes sure those documents are prepared and released to the commission. In fact, this is what is called cooperating with the commission to ensure that it has everything it needs from the government.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments May 19th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, this was a tight vote, but the House has confirmed its confidence in the government.
The government respects the fact that the margin of tonight's vote was very narrow. That is an understatement. We must move forward now in a spirit of cooperation. In turn, we ask the opposition to join with us in a renewed effort to make this Parliament work for the people of Canada.
Government of Canada May 19th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, I do not know why the hon. member does not understand. This is not true.
Government of Canada May 19th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, the allegation is totally false.