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Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, I have to admit that, when I was listening to the member opposite's question about insiders, collusion and corruption, I thought he was talking about their chief adviser, who is also serving as Loblaws' lobbyist. Is it not interesting how they are blocking legislatio
February 5th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, as I have said in this House time and time again, we expect that all contracts to be issued follow the rules and procedures set out. CBSA is conducting audits and internal investigations. The police are being called in when necessary. Let me be very clear: Any report
February 5th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, we have said time and time again that we support the work being done at committee. The minister has instructed the president of CBSA that she should be very clear and open with the committee on the work they are doing. There are initial interim reports. There are mor
February 5th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Electoral Reform Mr. Speaker, when it comes to Canadians' right to vote, this is a trusted system that there must be consensus on. We are working with Canadians on how to ensure that every Canadian has more opportunities to access their right to vote. I know the Standing Committee on Procedure an
February 5th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, on the contrary. Would the Conservatives actually like to know that, since 2006, the five years with the highest amount of car thefts in Canadian history were under the Steven Harper government? We are actually reducing crime today. We had the auto summit where we br
February 8th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, the issues around sexual violence and violence in general toward women is something we take incredibly seriously, including the fact that we supported legislation, non-partisan legislation, to have proper training for judges, something, unfortunately, Conservative se
February 8th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, it is not a partisan issue when dealing with violence against women. Crimes like that are absolutely horrific. It is something that we are working hard on with not just the Minister of Public Safety but across governments to ensure that women across the country are n
February 8th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, I am glad to see the Conservatives fired up about taking violence against women seriously. That is precisely why we have put in firearm legislation to deal with situations of intimate partner violence and gender-based violence. We are putting a national freeze on the
February 8th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, as I have said in the House time and time again, we are happy to see the work the committee is doing. When we issued a contract for the ArriveCAN app, we expected all procurement policies to be followed. The president of the CBSA has confirmed that there are interna
February 8th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, we have faith in the CBSA president, who has already acknowledged that they have launched an internal audit on the current procurement process. We look forward to the OAG report on ArriveCAN next week. I have said time and time again that we are working hard to ensu
February 8th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, far too many Canadians have been experiencing this situation. It is precisely why the RCMP is seized with this issue and working directly with local police. This is something we are seeing operating with organized crime. However, what we also know is that the Conserv
February 9th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, I find it interesting that the members opposite bring up issues around firearms and safety in our communities, when they actually, just over 60 days ago, voted against $80 million for the RCMP that would specifically go to supporting the work of the RCMP on guns and
February 9th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives tough-on-crime talk does not result in action. What we are doing is taking concrete steps to deal with extortion and organized crime in this country. I said earlier that just 60 days ago, those very members voted against $80 million to support the
February 9th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, once again, we have concerns about some of the initial reporting, but we designed the ArriveCAN app to help Canadians during the global pandemic. That being said, we will never risk the integrity of our procurement process. We expect any contracts that the government
February 9th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal
Corrections and Conditional Release Act Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for bringing this matter forward. At committee we also heard that some victims and family members are not always ready, or do not always want, to hear about those who have impacted their family. Therefore I appreciate that the member has worked a
February 9th, 2024House debate
Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal