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Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, once again, our government has, at the very first opportunity when these allegations were made, taken all of the appropriate steps to ensure that taxpayer money is respected. The Canada Border Services Agency president ordered an internal investigation. Those prelimi
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, far from covering up, the government has co-operated with parliamentary inquiries that are looking into the matter. The government proactively sent internal audit reviews to a parliamentary committee, and the Conservative chair decided not to share them with the memb
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague that a global pandemic and the rush to put in place a series of measures to protect the health and safety of Canadians does not exclude public servants from following the appropriate contracting rules that are in place. We agree with the Au
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, accountability is extremely important to us as a government. That is precisely why we took all the necessary steps as soon as we became aware of allegations of inappropriate contracting practices. We conducted an internal audit, which is still in progress. We referre
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, again, my colleague can repeat a series of things that the facts do not bear out, but what we can say is that the government takes extremely seriously the obligation of public servants to follow the contracting rules. That is exactly what the president of the Canada
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, again, when the Border Services Agency was made aware of allegations around inappropriate contracting practices, the appropriate authorities were called in and an internal audit was ordered, an audit that, by the way, is still in progress. If people did something th
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, once again, the Auditor General identified some contracting practices that were clearly not followed. Under no circumstance is that acceptable. Governments have the responsibility to manage taxpayers' funds in the most effective way possible. That is why we have acce
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, we thank the NDP leader for his question. We share his concerns about the need to manage taxpayers' money wisely. The Auditor General identified circumstances that were entirely inappropriate. That is why the Canada Border Services Agency and the Department of Publi
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, just because our colleague repeats a series of allegations that are not borne out by the facts does not make them true. The facts are that the very moment that there were allegations of inappropriate contracting practices, an internal audit was begun by the president
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, again, repeating the last part of my hon. friend's question does not make it true. What is true is that at the moment contracting practice irregularities were identified, the Border Services Agency took all of the steps appropriate to determine exactly what the facts
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition knows very well that the moment there were allegations around cost overruns or inappropriate contracting practices, the Canada Border Services Agency immediately began an internal audit and made the appropriate referrals to the appropriat
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, I am surprised that the Leader of the Opposition would mention investing in border security, when his government cut 1,000 officers who did the exact kind of work that he is now pretending he wants to invest in. It eliminated 50% of the intelligence capacity in the B
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, we obviously read the Auditor General's report. We accept her recommendations. Perhaps the only part of the question on which I agree with my colleague opposite is that all those who are responsible for managing taxpayers' money must follow strict rules. In this ca
February 12th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, the good news is that on Thursday representatives of the insurance industry will participate with auto manufacturers, people responsible for rail transportation, the ports, federal border services agents, the RCMP and provincial ministers responsible. Their police ch
February 6th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal
Public Safety Madam Speaker, I can assure my colleague from Miramichi that this government will continue to crack down on auto theft and organized crime. They like fancy slogans where they make up things like “catch and-release”. He is from Miramichi, New Brunswick, and he knows that applies t
February 6th, 2024House debate
Dominic LeBlancLiberal