Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2025-06-12 16:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Kody Blois (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Kody Blois (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du premier ministre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8849086\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate for the people who are sitting in the public gallery or who may be watching at home, because the opposition clearly has not delineated the facts on a few things, and one is that there is a process. The motion before us talks about 100 days. My question to the hon. member is this: Does he suggest that there should not be a court process, that if GC Strategies or its associates choose to defend the allegations in court that the government should just find a way to railroad that process?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8849087\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The government is actually under a process to recover the money. It is following the Auditor General's steps the entire way. The situation was rooted in the federal public service. It was a problematic procurement. The government is taking accountability, it is taking actions, and it is seeking to recover the taxpayers' dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8849088\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, when the Conservatives were in government, they awarded contracts to GC Strategies. I hope that the member will make the distinction that this was rooted at the federal core and that we are getting the money back for Canadian citizens, but maybe not in 100 days, because there is due process in this country.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8849086\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est malheureux pour les gens qui sont assis \u00e0 la tribune du public ou qui nous regardent \u00e0 la maison, car les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de l'opposition n'ont manifestement pas d\u00e9fini les faits sur certains points, notamment le fait qu'il y a un processus. La motion dont nous sommes saisis parle de 100 jours. Ma question au d\u00e9put\u00e9 est la suivante: laisse-t-il entendre qu'il ne devrait pas y avoir de processus judiciaire, que si GCStrategies ou ses associ\u00e9s choisissent de d\u00e9fendre les all\u00e9gations devant les tribunaux, le gouvernement devrait simplement trouver un moyen de faire avancer ce processus \u00e0 toute vapeur?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8849087\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement est en fait en train de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer l'argent. Il suit les \u00e9tapes de la v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du d\u00e9but \u00e0 la fin. La situation \u00e9tait ancr\u00e9e dans la fonction publique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale. C'\u00e9tait un approvisionnement probl\u00e9matique. Le gouvernement rend des comptes, il prend des mesures et il cherche \u00e0 r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer l'argent des contribuables.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8849088\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourtant, quand les conservateurs \u00e9taient au gouvernement, ils ont donn\u00e9 des contrats \u00e0 GCStrategies. J'esp\u00e8re que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 comprendra que cette situation est attribuable au gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et que nous r\u00e9cup\u00e9rons l'argent pour les citoyens canadiens, mais peut-\u00eatre pas en 100 jours, car il y a une proc\u00e9dure \u00e9tablie dans ce pays.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2025/6/12/kody-blois-13/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kody-blois/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4538/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13095826",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014GC Strategies Inc.",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 GCStrategies Inc."
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2025/6/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F6%2F12%2F"
    }
}