Justice  Mr. Speaker, in 2006, SNC-Lavalin illegally donated nearly $110,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada and its associations. Today, SNC-Lavalin needs help because it is in big trouble. The machinery was then set in motion. The company had more than 50 meetings with the government. W

Justice  Mr. Speaker, there is a world of difference between one meeting and 50 meetings. Here is what we know. The director of public prosecutions formally rejected a remediation agreement with SNC-Lavalin on September 4. Two weeks later, on September 17, the Prime Minister met with t

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, the question is quite simple. I asked another Liberal member the same question, but I did not really get a response. Bill C-83 was tabled in response to decisions handed down by superior courts in Ontario and British Columbia that deemed the current administrative s

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague knows very well that Bill C-83 had to be brought in because of superior court decisions in Ontario and British Columbia that found the current segregation policy to be unconstitutional. In the two rulings handed down in Quebec and Ontario, recommendatio

Justice  Mr. Speaker, here is what we know. The director of public prosecutions formally rejected a remediation agreement with SNC-Lavalin on September 4. The Prime Minister met with the former justice minister two weeks later on September 17 to discuss the matter. The day after that meet

Justice  Mr. Speaker, what we are trying to ascertain is whether there was political interference in a legal matter. We have many questions but have been given few answers to date. What we do have are many versions of what happened. The Prime Minister gave not one, two or three versions,

Justice  Mr. Speaker, on the weekend, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and the Minister of Public Services and Procurement went on television and said that it is important that we get the former justice minister's version of events. We agree. The problem is tha

Justice  Mr. Speaker, all the Prime Minister has to do is waive solicitor-client privilege to allow her to give her side of the story. He refuses to do so. The justice committee refuses to do its job and look into serious allegations of political interference. Canadians want the truth.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, what is troubling is not the situation itself, but all of the different versions we have been hearing since this whole thing began. In two weeks, we have heard no fewer than five versions, including the fact that if the member for Central Nova had not stepped down,

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I can tell him what I have heard in my riding. My constituents want to get to the bottom of this troubling business. They want the government to be transparent and accountable. They also want to make sure people pay for the cri

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in this new chamber for the first time, question period notwithstanding, to speak to a very important topic. I will be sharing my time with the member for Essex. Most of the speeches we have heard on this topic, or at least those from this side

Justice  Mr. Speaker, this is still very troubling because when we look at the chain of events, we see that SNC-Lavalin illegally donated nearly $110,000 to the Liberal Party and its associations in 2006. Today, SNC-Lavalin needs help because it is in trouble. Therefore, the machinery wa

Justice  Mr. Speaker, let's talk about his predecessor. As we know, the simplest explanation is often the best one. SNC-Lavalin and the Liberal Party have very close ties, so close that illegal donations have been made. SNC-Lavalin needs help, and the Prime Minister's Office seems keen t

Health  Mr. Speaker, maybe the Prime Minister should have informed the Minister of Finance that the Liberal priority was to consult again and again. The choice is clear: the president of the FTQ, Daniel Boyer, recently said that if we had a fully public system, we could achieve economie

Health  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister said that all the NDP does is talk and talk. That is rich coming from the Liberal Party, which suffers from acute “consultitis”. The Liberals proposed creating an advisory council on pharmacare last June. Why? The Minister of Finance ha