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{
"time": "2024-11-20 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer\u2014Lacombe, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer\u2014Lacombe, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8718412\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, let us play a little game of true or false regarding the former minister of employment, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"278761\" href=\"/politicians/randy-boissonnault/\" title=\"Randy Boissonnault\">Edmonton Centre</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718413\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, the former minister deceived Canadians and his caucus colleagues about his indigenous heritage. That is true.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718414\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, the former minister from Edmonton's business deceptively advertised itself as indigenous-owned. That is true.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718415\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, the former minister's ethically challenged business fraudulently applied for and received government contracts meant for actual indigenous businesses. That is true.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718416\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, the former minister from Edmonton's firm shares a mailing address with persons named in several cocaine busts. That is true.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718417\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, despite claims of multiple Randys, there is only one Randy at the former minister's business firm. That is true.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718418\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, the former minister from Edmonton breached ethics rules by contacting his business while sitting at the cabinet table. That is true.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718419\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> has one set of rules for actually indigenous MPs in his cabinet and a different set of rules for non-indigenous but indigenous-claiming multiple Randy personality disorder MPs in his cabinet. That is true.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718420\" data-originallang=\"en\">True or false, the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> should have fired that guy a long time ago. That is true.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8718412\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, faisons une petite partie de \u00ab vrai ou faux? \u00bb au sujet du d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"278761\" href=\"/politicians/randy-boissonnault/\" title=\"Randy Boissonnault\">Edmonton\u2011Centre</a>, l'ancien ministre de l'Emploi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718413\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? L'ancien ministre a tromp\u00e9 les Canadiens et ses coll\u00e8gues du caucus au sujet de ses origines autochtones. C'est vrai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718414\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? L'entreprise de l'ancien ministre et d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'Edmonton\u2011Centre s'est faussement pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e comme une entreprise appartenant \u00e0 des Autochtones. C'est vrai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718415\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? L'entreprise \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique douteuse de l'ancien ministre a demand\u00e9 et obtenu frauduleusement des contrats gouvernementaux destin\u00e9s \u00e0 de v\u00e9ritables entreprises autochtones. C'est vrai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718416\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? L'entreprise de l'ancien ministre partage une adresse postale avec des personnes nomm\u00e9es dans plusieurs saisies de coca\u00efne. C'est vrai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718417\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? Bien que certains aient soutenu qu'il y avait plusieurs Randy dans l'entreprise de l'ancien ministre, il n'y en a qu'un seul. C'est vrai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718418\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? L'ancien ministre a enfreint les r\u00e8gles d'\u00e9thique en communiquant avec son entreprise alors qu'il si\u00e9geait au Cabinet. C'est vrai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718419\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? Les r\u00e8gles que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> applique aupr\u00e8s des d\u00e9put\u00e9s autochtones de son Cabinet sont diff\u00e9rentes de celles qu'il applique aupr\u00e8s des d\u00e9put\u00e9s non autochtones qui pr\u00e9tendent \u00eatre autochtones et qui affichent de multiples personnalit\u00e9s d\u00e9nomm\u00e9es Randy. C'est vrai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8718420\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vrai ou faux? Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> aurait d\u00fb cong\u00e9dier cet homme il y a longtemps. C'est vrai.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/11/20/blaine-calkins-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/blaine-calkins/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4320/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12998839",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Ethics",
"fr": "L'\u00e9thique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/11/20/",
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}
}