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{
"time": "2024-10-07 15:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Doug Shipley",
"fr": "M. Doug Shipley"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8595171\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, that is too disappointing. For the members opposite, I will carry on from where I was, so I do not have to repeat some of the stuff we went through at the beginning. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595172\" data-originallang=\"en\">I will remind members that the Auditor General gave SDTC a clean bill of health in 2017. It was only after the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a>'s hand-picked Liberal board members were appointed that the fund began voting to give itself absurd amounts of money. In addition, while SDTC ought to have been at arm's length from the government, in practice, it was not. The minister recommended board appointments, and senior officials from the Prime Minister's Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development sat in on every meeting, monitoring the activities of the board. It is simply unbelievable that senior ISED officials who report directly to the Minister of Innovation said nothing while witnessing how millions of dollars was funnelled to companies in which board members held active conflicts of interest.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595173\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In response to these damning findings, in June, Conservatives put forward a motion calling on the government to provide documents pertaining to SDTC to the House. The motion included provisions for those documents to be provided to the RCMP so that it could undertake an investigation on whether criminal offences were committed. I will explain why it is necessary for the House to turn over these documents to the RCMP.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595174\" data-originallang=\"en\"> As part of her investigation, the Auditor General conducted a governance audit of SDTC. She did not conduct a criminal investigation, which could explain why no criminal intent was identified. The whistle-blower has told the public accounts committee he is confident that, if these documents are turned over to the RCMP, criminal intent will be identified. The SDTC whistle-blower who testified at committee stated:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8595175\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I think the Auditor General's investigation was more of a cursory review. I don't think the goal and mandate of the Auditor General's office is to actually look into criminality, so I'm not surprised by the fact that they haven't found anything criminal. They're not looking at intent. If their investigation was focused on intent, of course they would find the criminality. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8595176\" data-originallang=\"en\">A majority of members in the House passed this motion. In response to the motion, many of the Liberal government's departments either refused the House's order or redacted documents that were turned over, citing provisions in the Privacy Act or Access to Information Act. In response to this blatant disregard for the powers and privileges of the House of Commons, the <a data-HoCid=\"291267\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-scheer/\" title=\"Andrew Scheer\">Conservative House leader</a> brought forward a question of privilege, arguing that the rights of parliamentarians had been breached. The <a data-HoCid=\"305019\" href=\"/politicians/greg-fergus/\" title=\"Greg Fergus\">Speaker of the House</a> agreed that the House has the unequivocal right to order the production of papers and found that there was a clear case of violation of the privileges of parliamentarians. Conservatives will continue to seek the truth about the $390 million that has gone to Liberal insiders through this green slush fund. On the other side of the House, the Liberals are opposing the production order for documents to be turned over to the RCMP; it appears that they are not concerned about such a flagrant misuse of funds. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595177\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is shocking and infuriating to me, my colleagues and the great people of Barrie\u2014Springwater\u2014Oro-Medonte that the Liberal government feels comfortable wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds and will not even allow an investigation into how or why this corruption occurred under its watch. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595178\" data-originallang=\"en\">The misappropriated funds are tax dollars. They are dollars that the constituents in my riding worked hard to earn. People expect the tax dollars that they remit to the Government of Canada to be used wisely; through this appalling misuse of taxpayer funds, the government has broken the trust of these hard-working Canadians whom I represent. People are right to expect answers from the Liberal government and for the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> to be held accountable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595179\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I want to remind the House that this is not the only Liberal scandal we have seen in the past nine years, when the Liberal government has been in power. However, it may be the costliest. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595180\" data-originallang=\"en\">I will mention a few other examples. In the early days of the pandemic, the Liberal government tried to shut this place down and give itself unlimited taxing and spending powers without the oversight of Parliament for two whole years. I am thankful that my Conservative colleagues and I stopped this.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595181\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We also saw the SNC-Lavalin scandal, in which the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> pressured the former attorney general and minister of justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to give SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement so that the scandal-ridden company executives would not have to go to court and face a trial for their misdeeds. The <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> was found guilty of breaking ethics laws in this case.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595182\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We also saw that the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> was prepared to take the former <a data-HoCid=\"278667\" href=\"/politicians/anthony-rota/\" title=\"Anthony Rota\">Speaker of the House</a> to court to prevent the release of the Winnipeg lab documents.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595183\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> also prorogued Parliament in the middle of an investigation of the WE Charity scandal to prevent an embarrassing committee investigation from continuing. In this scandal, the Prime Minister gave a $900-million sole-sourced contract to the company, with which he had close family ties.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595184\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The former Liberal finance minister, Bill Morneau, ended up resigning over this scandal when it was revealed that he received a $47,000 gift from WE Charity to fly his family on a luxury vacation and that his daughter was employed by the company.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595185\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> also had several scandals related to his luxurious vacations. In the first, he broke ethics laws when he was flown on a private aircraft to a billionaire island by a registered lobbyist. There was another incident in which the Prime Minister received a $9,000-a-night gift from a friend, who also happened to be a major donor to his family's foundation. Who can forget the ArriveCAN scandal, in which the Prime Minister gave millions to companies that did no work on an app that did not work. The app actually sent 10,000 Canadians into quarantine by accident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595186\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I mention these incidents because they speak to the broken trust between the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> and the Canadian public. Time and time again, the Liberal government has shown a careless disregard for ethics laws and for taxpayer money.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595187\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Today, we are seeing the same pattern: A scandal occurs, and the Liberal government tries to cover it up. Conservatives will not stop until we get to the truth of this most recent scandal. Each member of the House, regardless of political affiliation, has a duty to ensure that the government is held accountable and that it is spending the money Canadians work so hard to earn in an appropriate manner.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595188\" data-originallang=\"en\">We should not just throw up our hands, sit back and let Liberal insiders line their pockets with Canadian tax dollars. My Conservative colleagues and I are committed to ending this corruption.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595189\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I encourage all colleagues, even Liberal members, to stand up and right this wrong. We cannot allow corruption to fester in our government programs and institutions. We must get to the bottom of this issue. The <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> must hand over all documents related to his green slush fund. Canadians deserve answers.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8595171\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, c'est tr\u00e8s d\u00e9cevant. Pour la gouverne des d\u00e9put\u00e9s d'en face, je vais reprendre l\u00e0 o\u00f9 j'en \u00e9tais, afin que je n'aie pas \u00e0 r\u00e9p\u00e9ter certaines des choses que nous avons dites au d\u00e9but.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595172\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je rappelle aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s que le Bureau du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral a donn\u00e9 une bonne note \u00e0 Technologies du d\u00e9veloppement durable Canada en 2017. Ce n'est qu'apr\u00e8s que des lib\u00e9raux tri\u00e9s sur le volet par le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9s membres du conseil d'administration que cet organisme s'est mis \u00e0 octroyer des sommes ridiculement \u00e9lev\u00e9es \u00e0 ses propres administrateurs. De plus, Technologies du d\u00e9veloppement durable Canada aurait d\u00fb \u00eatre ind\u00e9pendant du gouvernement, mais en pratique, il ne l'\u00e9tait pas. Des personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9es membres du conseil d'administration sur recommandation du ministre, et des hauts fonctionnaires du minist\u00e8re de l'Innovation, des Sciences et du D\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique, dans le gouvernement dirig\u00e9 par le premier ministre, ont assist\u00e9 \u00e0 toutes les r\u00e9unions pour surveiller les activit\u00e9s du conseil. Il est tout simplement incroyable que les hauts fonctionnaires d'Innovation, Sciences et D\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique Canada, qui rel\u00e8vent directement du ministre de l'Innovation, n'aient rien dit alors qu'ils \u00e9taient t\u00e9moins du versement de millions de dollars \u00e0 des entreprises qui pla\u00e7aient clairement les membres du conseil d'administration en conflit d'int\u00e9r\u00eats.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595173\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour donner suite \u00e0 ce constat accablant, les conservateurs ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en juin une motion demandant au gouvernement de fournir \u00e0 la Chambre des documents concernant Technologies du d\u00e9veloppement durable Canada. La motion pr\u00e9voyait que ces documents soient fournis \u00e0 la GRC afin que celle-ci puisse entreprendre une enqu\u00eate visant \u00e0 d\u00e9terminer si des infractions criminelles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 commises. Je vais expliquer aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s pourquoi il est n\u00e9cessaire que la Chambre remette ces documents \u00e0 la GRC.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595174\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Dans le cadre de son enqu\u00eate, la v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale a effectu\u00e9 un audit de gouvernance de Technologies du d\u00e9veloppement durable Canada. Il ne s'agit pas d'une enqu\u00eate criminelle, ce qui explique peut-\u00eatre pourquoi elle ne fait \u00e9tat d'aucune intention criminelle. Le d\u00e9nonciateur a dit au comit\u00e9 des comptes publics qu'il est convaincu que, si ces documents sont remis \u00e0 la GRC, celle-ci conclura qu'il y avait une intention criminelle. Le d\u00e9nonciateur de Technologies du d\u00e9veloppement durable Canada qui a t\u00e9moign\u00e9 devant le comit\u00e9 a d\u00e9clar\u00e9:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8595175\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je pense que l'enqu\u00eate de la v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale \u00e9tait plut\u00f4t un examen superficiel. Je ne pense pas que l'objectif et le mandat du Bureau du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral consistent \u00e0 chercher les actes criminels. Je ne suis donc pas surpris qu'il n'ait rien trouv\u00e9 de criminel. Il ne s'int\u00e9resse pas \u00e0 l'intention. Si son enqu\u00eate portait sur l'intention, il d\u00e9couvrirait des actes criminels, bien s\u00fbr. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"8595176\" data-originallang=\"en\">La motion des conservateurs a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9e par une majorit\u00e9 de voix \u00e0 la Chambre. En r\u00e9ponse, bien des minist\u00e8res du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral ont soit refus\u00e9 de se conformer \u00e0 l'ordre de la Chambre, soit fourni des documents caviard\u00e9s en invoquant des dispositions de la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels ou de la Loi sur l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information. Devant un m\u00e9pris aussi flagrant \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des pouvoirs et privil\u00e8ges de la Chambre des communes, le <a data-HoCid=\"291267\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-scheer/\" title=\"Andrew Scheer\">leader des conservateurs \u00e0 la Chambre</a> a soulev\u00e9 la question de privil\u00e8ge, a soutenu qu'il y avait eu atteinte aux droits des parlementaires. Le <a data-HoCid=\"305019\" href=\"/politicians/greg-fergus/\" title=\"Greg Fergus\">Pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre</a> a convenu que la Chambre poss\u00e8de le droit non \u00e9quivoque d'ordonner la production de documents et a conclu qu'il y a manifestement eu atteinte aux privil\u00e8ges des parlementaires. Les conservateurs continueront de tenter de d\u00e9couvrir la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 au sujet des 390 millions de dollars vers\u00e9s \u00e0 des proches du Parti lib\u00e9ral par l'interm\u00e9diaire de cette caisse noire environnementale. Pour leur part, les lib\u00e9raux s'opposent \u00e0 l'ordre de production de documents en vue de les remettre \u00e0 la GRC. Ils ne semblent aucunement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par ce d\u00e9tournement de fonds flagrant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595177\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est scandaleux et exasp\u00e9rant pour moi, mes coll\u00e8gues et les formidables habitants de Barrie\u2014Springwater\u2014Oro-Medonte que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral se sente \u00e0 l'aise de gaspiller des centaines de millions de dollars vers\u00e9s par les contribuables et qu'il refuse m\u00eame qu'une enqu\u00eate soit men\u00e9e pour \u00e9tablir comment et pourquoi une telle corruption a \u00e9t\u00e9 possible pendant son mandat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595178\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les fonds d\u00e9tourn\u00e9s sont des fonds publics. C'est de l'argent durement gagn\u00e9, entre autres, par les habitants de ma circonscription. Les gens s'attendent \u00e0 ce que l'argent qu'ils remettent au gouvernement du Canada soit utilis\u00e9 judicieusement. Avec ce cas \u00e9pouvantable de fonds publics d\u00e9pens\u00e9s \u00e0 mauvais escient, le gouvernement a rompu le lien de confiance avec les vaillants travailleurs que je repr\u00e9sente. Les gens ont raison de s'attendre \u00e0 ce que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral donne des r\u00e9ponses et \u00e0 ce que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> rende des comptes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595179\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je rappelle \u00e0 la Chambre qu'il ne s'agit pas du seul scandale lib\u00e9ral des neuf derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, depuis l'arriv\u00e9e au pouvoir du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral. Cependant, il pourrait bien \u00eatre le plus co\u00fbteux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595180\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voici d'autres exemples. Au d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a tent\u00e9 de suspendre les travaux de la Chambre et de s'octroyer des pouvoirs illimit\u00e9s en mati\u00e8re de fiscalit\u00e9 et de d\u00e9penses, sans surveillance parlementaire, et ce, pour deux ann\u00e9es enti\u00e8res. Je suis content que mes coll\u00e8gues conservateurs et moi-m\u00eame ayons emp\u00each\u00e9 cela de se produire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595181\" data-originallang=\"en\">Rappelons-nous aussi le scandale de SNC-Lavalin, o\u00f9 le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a exerc\u00e9 des pressions sur l'ancienne procureure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale et ministre de la Justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould, afin qu'elle offre \u00e0 SNC-Lavalin un accord de suspension des poursuites, afin que les dirigeants de l'entreprise impliqu\u00e9s dans le scandale n'aient pas \u00e0 compara\u00eetre devant un tribunal et \u00e0 subir un proc\u00e8s pour leurs m\u00e9faits. Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu coupable d'avoir enfreint les dispositions l\u00e9gislatives sur l'\u00e9thique dans cette affaire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595182\" data-originallang=\"en\">En outre, le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> \u00e9tait pr\u00eat \u00e0 poursuivre en justice l'ancien <a data-HoCid=\"278667\" href=\"/politicians/anthony-rota/\" title=\"Anthony Rota\">Pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre</a> pour emp\u00eacher la publication des documents du laboratoire de Winnipeg.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595183\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a \u00e9galement prorog\u00e9 la session au milieu d'une enqu\u00eate humiliante sur le scandale de l'organisme UNIS, afin d'\u00e9viter que le comit\u00e9 poursuive cette enqu\u00eate. Dans ce scandale, le premier ministre a accord\u00e9 un contrat \u00e0 fournisseur unique de 900 millions de dollars \u00e0 l'organisme, auquel sa famille \u00e9tait \u00e9troitement li\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595184\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'ancien ministre lib\u00e9ral des Finances Bill Morneau a fini par d\u00e9missionner \u00e0 cause de ce scandale lorsqu'on a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que l'organisme UNIS lui avait offert des vacances familiales de luxe d'une valeur de 47 000 $ et que sa fille travaillait pour l'organisme.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595185\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 au c\u0153ur de plusieurs scandales li\u00e9s \u00e0 ses vacances de luxe. Dans le premier cas, il a enfreint les dispositions l\u00e9gislatives sur l'\u00e9thique en se rendant sur l'\u00eele d'un milliardaire \u00e0 bord de l'h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re priv\u00e9 d'un lobbyiste enregistr\u00e9. Puis le premier ministre a re\u00e7u un autre cadeau de 9 000 $ la nuit de la part d'un ami qui \u00e9tait aussi un g\u00e9n\u00e9reux donateur de sa fondation familiale. Qui peut oublier le scandale d'ArriveCAN, o\u00f9 le premier ministre a donn\u00e9 des millions de dollars \u00e0 des entreprises qui n'ont pas travaill\u00e9 sur une application qui ne fonctionnait pas? Une application qui a accidentellement envoy\u00e9 10 000 Canadiens en quarantaine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595186\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je mentionne ces incidents parce qu'ils t\u00e9moignent de l'\u00e9rosion du lien de confiance entre le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> et la population canadienne. \u00c0 maintes reprises, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a fait preuve de m\u00e9pris et d'insouciance \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des r\u00e8gles d'\u00e9thique et de l'argent des contribuables.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595187\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Aujourd'hui, nous voyons le m\u00eame sc\u00e9nario: un scandale survient et le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral tente de l'\u00e9touffer. Les conservateurs ne s'arr\u00eateront pas tant qu'ils n'auront pas d\u00e9couvert la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 sur ce dernier scandale. Chaque d\u00e9put\u00e9, quelle que soit son affiliation politique, a le devoir de s'assurer que le gouvernement est tenu de rendre des comptes et qu'il d\u00e9pense judicieusement l'argent si durement gagn\u00e9 par les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595188\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous ne pouvons pas nous contenter de jeter l'\u00e9ponge, de rester les bras crois\u00e9s et de laisser les proches du Parti lib\u00e9ral se remplir les poches avec l'argent des contribuables canadiens. Mes coll\u00e8gues conservateurs et moi sommes d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 mettre fin \u00e0 cette corruption.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8595189\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'encourage tous mes coll\u00e8gues, m\u00eame les d\u00e9put\u00e9s lib\u00e9raux, \u00e0 prendre position et \u00e0 corriger la situation. Nous ne pouvons pas laisser la corruption se r\u00e9pandre dans les programmes et les institutions du gouvernement. Nous devons faire toute la lumi\u00e8re sur cette affaire. Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> doit remettre tous les documents li\u00e9s \u00e0 sa caisse noire environnementale. Les Canadiens m\u00e9ritent des r\u00e9ponses.</p>"
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