Government Appointments  Cash for access, accepting private gifts, using private aircraft, co-writing legislation with corporations, appointing a member of a firm immediately after blocking an investigation into that firm—the list goes on, Mr. Speaker. With all these conflicts of interest, it is more im

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, so much for Prime Minister's question period. The Liberals refused to allow a parliamentary investigation into the sweetheart deal between the Canada Revenue Agency and KPMG, but that was not the end of the sketchy story. A member of the Liberal-appointed panel look

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, another member of that same panel accused seven ministers of not understanding the principles of independence at all, and I think she was right. When the Canada Revenue Agency let KPMG off the hook for its tax evasion scheme, what did the Liberals do? They appointed

Member for Sturgeon River—Parkland  Mr. Speaker, today we pay tribute to the extraordinary member for Sturgeon River—Parkland and interim leader of the Conservative Party for her service as a member of Parliament, as a minister, and as leader of the official opposition and thank her for the honour, integrity, and p

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, there is a small problem because the Prime Minister told Canadians that the Aga Khan's private helicopter was the only way to get to the island. However, not only did the helicopter not belong to the Aga Khan, but that is also not the only way of getting to the islan

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, speaking of ethics, last year, the Liberals voted to kill the investigation into KPMG. That same month, a director from KPMG was appointed treasurer for the Liberal Party. Ending the investigation into KPMG and then hiring somebody from KPMG is what is known as a co

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, that is independent? The Prime Minister's principal secretary sits on the party's national board; the party's constitution states that the Liberal leader must consent to the appointment; this individual worked for the Liberals and KPMG at the same time, but yeah, tha

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's explanation of his now infamous vacation is so full of holes and contradictions it is starting to sound like a White House press briefing. Let me recap. The Prime Minister broke the law by taking a private helicopter to the island. He defended

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister truly believes in the importance of question period, if he sincerely believes in transparency and accountability, he is going to have to find it somewhere inside himself to answer this very basic question, because it only concerns him and he kno

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, with that lack of an answer, we are going to have to follow up on this with you. The government created this privatization scheme during secret meetings with corporations, never revealed this during the election, and never revealed that Canadians would be forced to p

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, the media has just reported that the Prime Minister have chosen a former Liberal cabinet minister to be the new Commissioner of Official Languages. These officers of Parliament, these commissioners, have to be above the fray. They cannot be weighed down by the bagga

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister has violated the Official Languages Act and must apologize. The problem is that he has not learned his lesson. First of all, appointing someone from his inner circle to this position is a clear conflict of interest. Second, this undermines the au

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, speaking of appointments, we see that the government is ready to fill positions on the board of directors of the infrastructure bank. The only problem is that the infrastructure bank has not been created yet. Can the Prime Minister explain how he thinks it is appropr

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, that is from middle-class Prime Minister to middleman Prime Minister in one fell swoop. Imagine for a moment that the Conservatives were in power and that—

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, let us then imagine that we learned that the federal government was holding secret meetings, behind closed doors, with private corporations to cook up a new plan to privatize infrastructure. Would the Liberals, and especially the member for Papineau, not have been