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Mr. Speaker, I may not have understood the question, but it seems the hon. member did not understand the answer either. We have forwarded all the information to the RCMP, and we have set up an office that will be responsible for verifying compliance and determining whether additional action should be taken. We cannot do more, because any further action would be political interference.
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Mr. Speaker, we are doing everything we can to strengthen our approach to detecting fraud and other wrongdoing. Several potential cases of fraudulent billing have been detected. Let us be clear. That is unacceptable. We will suspend the security clearance of the subcontractors involved and turn the files over to the RCMP as soon as there is sufficient evidence to justify doing so, so that it can c…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right. There are no new recommendations in this year's report. The Auditor General simply asked us to continue to diligently apply the recommendations that have already been implemented. There is just one more recommendation left to implement, and that is to obtain more detailed billing for projects and contracts in terms of the hours and type of work provid…
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Mr. Speaker, we have a responsibility to oversee the work done by our public servants. We take that responsibility seriously. We will do it. The member for Rimouski—La Matapédia may have forgotten that when the ArriveCAN contract was awarded, there was a bit of a pandemic that—
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Mr. Speaker, our government has put in place tools that will help us take swift action from now on when there are signs of wrongdoing or non-compliance with contracts. That is what we are focused on, and we want to move forward. We believe that situations like this will never happen again because of the framework we have adopted.
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Mr. Speaker, we agree that the observations contained in the report on the contract for professional services awarded to GC Strategies are unacceptable. I would like to thank the Auditor General of Canada and her team for their hard work. Based on audits and verifications conducted between 2023 and 2025, Public Services and Procurement Canada is changing and modernizing how it awards contracts for…
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Madam Speaker, first of all, I have not heard of any project for a pipeline going through Quebec. I do not know where my colleague is getting that from. Second, I have no information to provide at this point, as there are no plans concerning any investments that the federal government could—
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Madam Speaker, I do not think my colleague is reading the same news as I am. What I heard was that the premiers who met with Mr. Carney were all thrilled—
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Madam Speaker, all the premiers who were at the meeting with our Prime Minister were delighted with the outcome. They drew up a list, and they will go through it in the coming days and weeks. The Prime Minister was clear about the fact that nothing was off the table. Projects will be judged on their merit based on possible investments, social licence and the returns they will generate.
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Madam Speaker, the people of La Prairie—Atateken, like many others in Canada, were concerned about the economy. They stepped up when the Prime Minister asked them to build the strongest economy in the G7 with him. That is what we are doing. According to what I am hearing from La Prairie—Atateken, people are very satisfied with the speed at which our government is moving.
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Madam Speaker, today during question period, it was clearly explained that we were dealing with two completely different programs: the one in Quebec, which is excellent by the way, and Canada's system, which met different criteria. That is the history of our federation. Sometimes, Quebec has benefited from certain measures, and other times, the other provinces have benefited from other measures.
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Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas. Since this is my first speech in the House, I would first like to acknowledge the voters of La Prairie—Atateken and thank them for putting their trust in me. I very humbly accept the role they have given me. I am committed to representing them to the best of my ability and to reporting on their concerns as …
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Mr. Speaker, although decriminalization might be put into question, even in the east of the country, where it does not exist, we see the same trends. The problem is a complex one and cannot simply be limited to decriminalization. Over the last 10 years, the government has spent over $1 billion in emergency treatment and in mental health funds, as well as in other initiatives. I look to the member …
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