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{
"time": "2025-06-16 14:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent\u2014Leamington, CPC)",
"fr": "Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent\u2014Leamington, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8851292\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, through questioning Liberal ministers last week, we know they had no clue why $64 million was paid to GC Strategies for work not done. The Auditor General found the following: security requirements were not enforced, contract monitoring policies were ignored, procurement policies were not followed and deliverables were not confirmed before payment. The Liberal ministers responsible for this fraud were promoted upwards. Why?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8851293\" data-originallang=\"en\">After cheap talk of the government saying it is not the old government, when will the new government vote in favour of getting Canadians their money back?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8851292\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les r\u00e9ponses que nous ont fournies les ministres lib\u00e9raux la semaine derni\u00e8re d\u00e9montrent qu'ils ignoraient compl\u00e8tement pourquoi 64 millions de dollars ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pay\u00e9s \u00e0 GCStrategies pour des travaux qui n'ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s. La v\u00e9rificatrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale a d\u00e9couvert que les exigences de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 n'avaient pas \u00e9t\u00e9 remplies, que la politique de supervision des contrats et la politique d'approvisionnement n'avaient pas \u00e9t\u00e9 suivies et que la r\u00e9ception des livrables n'avait pas \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9e avant le paiement des honoraires. Les ministres lib\u00e9raux responsables de cette fraude ont obtenu des promotions. Pourquoi?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8851293\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement invoque un argument facile en disant qu'il n'est pas l'ancien gouvernement. Quand, alors, le nouveau gouvernement votera\u2011t\u2011il en faveur du remboursement de ces fonds aux Canadiens?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/6/16/dave-epp-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dave-epp/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4513/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13098990",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Public Services and Procurement",
"fr": "Services publics et Approvisionnement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/6/16/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F6%2F16%2F"
}
}