Mr. Chair, does the minister think that the member for Vancouver Granville was telling the truth?
House of Commons photoLost her last election, in 2021, with 32% of the vote.
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, does the minister think that the member for Vancouver Granville was telling the truth?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, I believe the member for Vancouver Granville. Canadians believe the member for Vancouver Granville. Does he?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, when the member for Vancouver Granville testified at the committee, she described “a barrage of people hounding” her and her staff.
What are the minister's thoughts on that statement?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, obviously we are not going to get an answer from the minister tonight on whether the government intends to get to the truth for Canadians. Therefore, I will switch gears. We will talk a bit about the testimony of the former attorney general. In her testimony, she said:
I experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the Attorney General of Canada in an inappropriate effort to secure a deferred prosecution agreement with SNC-Lavalin.
Does the minister ever think it is appropriate for anyone in the PMO, the PCO or any political actors to pressure the Attorney General about a particular case with respect to his or her prosecutorial discretion?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, no public inquiry is under way. The Ethics Commissioner's work is limited and it is not an independent public inquiry.
I will ask my question once again. Will the Liberal government call for an independent public inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin allegations that the PMO interfered politically, yes or no?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, Canadians deserve an answer. Does the minister think Canadians deserve the truth and deserve an independent public inquiry, yes or no?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, does the minister think Canadians deserve a public inquiry, yes or no?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, it must be a no, but why will the Liberals not launch a public investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair?
Business of Supply May 14th, 2019
Mr. Chair, that still does not answer my question. I will try once more.
Will the Liberal government, now, call for an independent public inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin allegations, yes or no?