.
I HAVE A SIMPLE YES-OR-NO 
QUESTION.
WILL THE PRIME MINISTER APPEAR 
BEFORE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE HAVE RECEIVED THE 
INVITATION, MR. SPEAKER.
WE WILL CONSIDER IT.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY 
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I WILL ALSO BE HERE TOMORROW IN 
THE HOUSE SO THAT THE OPPOSITION
MEMBERS CAN ASK ME ALL THE 
QUESTIONS THEY WISH.
AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, IT WAS THE
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SERVICE THAT 
MADE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 
We CHARITY TO DELIVER 
OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS.
I SHOULD HAVE RECUSED MYSELF 
FROM THAT DISCUSSION.
I DID NOT AND I'M SORRY.
[end of translation]. 
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: THIS 
ISN'T JUST A SIMPLE RECUSAL, 
MR. SPEAKER.
HERE WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION 
THAT HAS PAID CASH TO THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S FAMILY AND GIVEN HIM 
AND OTHER SENIOR LIBERALS A 
MASSIVE POLITICAL PLATFORM.
THAT ORGANIZATION GETS IN 
TROUBLE AFTER GOBBLING UP 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRIME 
TORONTO REAL ESTATE AND BREAKING
THEIR BANK COVENANT.
THEY LOBBY THE GOVERNMENT FOR A 
TAILOR-MADE PROGRAM THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO TAKE AN ADMINISTRATION 
FEE FOR MANAGING.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES THEM ONE 
BETTER, COMES UP WITH A BIGGER 
PROGRAM, GIVES THEM A 
SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT.
THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD HAVE US
BELIEVE THIS IS A MASSIVE 
COINCIDENCE.
WILL THE PRIME MINISTER DO THE 
RIGHT THING AND SHOW UP AND 
TESTIFY AT COMMITTEE?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, DURING 
THIS UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC, WE 
PUT OUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO 
SUPPORT YOUNG AND OLD, WORKERS 
AND THOSE HIT HARD BY THIS 
CHALLENGE.
WE PUT TOGETHER A $9 BILLION 
PACKAGE FOR STUDENTS THAT 
INCLUDED DEFERRAL OF STUDENT 
LOANS AND DIRECT JOB THROUGH 
JOBS, CANADA SUMMER JOBS, AND 
JOBS IN COVID-AFFECTED SECTORS.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR WAYS
TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERISM AND 
CONTINUE TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE 
MATTERS THAT RELATE TO STUDENTS.
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: IT'S 
SO GROSS AND DISGUSTING THAT THE
PRIME MINISTER IS USING THIS AS 
AN EXCUSE FOR HIS CORRUPTION.
THE FIRST THING THE PRIME 
MINISTER DID WHEN THE PANDEMIC 
HIT WAS TRY TO GIVE HIMSELF 
UNPRECEDENTED POWER AND LIMIT 
THE ROLE OF THE OPPOSITION IN 
PARLIAMENT.
NOW WE KNOW WHY, MR. SPEAKER, 
WHEN THEY'RE PUSHING $300 
BILLION OF DEFICIT OUT THE DOOR,
THEY WILL TAKE THE TIME TO STOP 
AND REWARD THEIR FRIENDS.
THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THIS 
LIBERAL PARTY UNDER THIS LIBERAL
PRIME MINISTER.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, 
MR. SPEAKER, IT'S DISGUSTING.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, ONE WOULD 
THINK THAT WHEN A HOUSE OF 
COMMONS IS ABOUT TO PASS 
LEGISLATION WITH OVER $50 
BILLION TO HELP BUSINESSES WITH 
AN EXTENSION OF THE WAGE SUBSIDY
THAT THERE MIGHT BE A QUESTION 
FROM THE OPPOSITION ON THAT OR 
ON ANYTHING THEY WANT TO BRING 
FORWARD.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT 
WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON GIVING 
CANADIANS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED 
TO GET THROUGH THIS CHALLENGING 
PANDEMIC.
WE WILL LOOK CREATIVELY AND 
CAREFULLY AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF 
SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND ELDERS 
AND WE WILL KEEP DOING THAT, 
MR. SPEAKER, FOR ALL CANADIANS. 
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: 
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, JUST MOVE 
ON, DON'T ASK ANY OF THE TOUGH 
QUESTIONS, TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT
A RELATIONSHIP WITH AN 
ORGANIZATION THAT PAID MEMBERS 
OF HIS FAMILY CASH, THAT TOOK 
ADMINISTRATION FEES FOR RUNNING 
SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS OF THE 
GOVERNMENT AFTER BREAKING THEIR 
BANK COVENANTS AND HAVING 
MEMBERS OF THEIR BOARD RESIGN.
NOW, THE PRIME MINISTER IS 
TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND THE PUBLIC
SERVICE ON THIS ONE, BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO ASK HIM A VERY SIMPLE 
QUESTION.
ON WHAT BASIS WOULD THE PUBLIC 
SERVICE HAVE MADE THEIR 
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT We WAS THE 
ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT COULD 
DELIVER THIS PROGRAM?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, WHEN WE 
CAME FORWARD WITH THE IDEA OF 
SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT 
WOULD WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND 
SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WE AS A GOVERNMENT CAME
FORWARD AND LOOKED TO SEE THE 
YOUNG PEOPLE SERVING THEIR 
COUNTRY.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE TOOK A LOOK 
AT THE WAYS THEY COULD DELIVER 
THAT PROGRAM AND DETERMINED THAT
THE We ORGANIZATION WAS THE ONLY
ONE THAT COULD DELIVER THAT 
PROGRAM, AS AMBITIOUS AS IT WAS,
FOR THIS SUMMER.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE NON-PARTISAN PUBLIC SERVICE.
I SHOULD HAVE RECUSED MYSELF 
BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTIONS WITH 
MY FAMILY, BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE
AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THE 
PUBLIC SERVICE RECOMMENDED THAT 
ORGANIZATION. 
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: 
HERE'S WHAT THE CHARITY 
INTELLIGENCE WATCHDOG SAID ABOUT
THAT CLAIM.
 "I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WOULD 
ASSESS THE CHARITY'S TRACK 
RECORD OR CAPABILITY TO DO THIS 
IF THEY HAD NOT DONE SUCH WORK 
IN THE PAST."
HIS EXPLANATION DOES NOT HOLD 
UP.
ON THE ONE HAND WE HAVE THE 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER WHO 
WISELY TOOK A BARGE POLE AND 
SEPARATED HIMSELF FROM THE 
SCANDAL SAYING IT WAS A MISTAKE 
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING 
ABOUT IT.
THEN WE HAVE THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER SHOWING LIBERAL 
FAITHFUL THAT SHE WAS READY TO 
DEFEND HER LEADER.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR HER TO 
LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THE PRIME 
MINISTER. 
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, 
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING 
TO SUPPORT CANADIANS THROUGH 
THIS UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC.
YES, WE PUT OUT HUNDREDS OF 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE 
POCKETS OF CANADIANS, WORKERS, 
FAMILIES, ENTREPRENEURS, PEOPLE 
WORKING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
WHO WERE CHALLENGED WITH THIS 
PANDEMIC.
WE LOOKED FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT 
STUDENTS AS WELL, THROUGH SUMMER
JOBS, THROUGH CREATING NEW JOBS 
IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND SAY 
ALSO ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEERISM 
AND SERVICE IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR 
WAYS TO SUPPORT CANADIANS RIGHT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH THIS 
TIME.
>> THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR 
BELOEIL-CHAMBLY.
>> The Hon. Yves-François 
Blanchet: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] THANK 
YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
A LITTLE WHILE AGO WE HEARD 
ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE 
LIBERAL PARTY AND THE NECESSITY 
TO IMPROVE THE WAGE SUBSIDY.
YESTERDAY AT COMMITTEE ONE 
LIBERAL M.P. SAID HIS OR HER 
PARTY WAS HAVING PROBLEMS.
THAT'S TRUE, NOT NECESSARILY FOR
FINANCIAL REASONS, BUT THERE ARE
PROBLEMS.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE PRIME 
MINISTER IS CRUSHED UNDER THE 
BURDEN OF FILES WHICH HAVE 
NOTHING TO DO WITH HELPING 
CANADIANS.
IS THERE ANY WAY THE LIBERAL 
PARTY WILL RENOUNCE THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY PROGRAM?
>> The Hon. Andrew Scheer: -- 
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT 
IS STILL FOCUSED 100% ON 
CANADIANS, BE IT THE SAFE 
RESTART PROGRAM WITH $19 BILLION
GOING TO THE PROVINCES AND 
TERRITORIES WHICH WAS SIGNED 
LAST WEEK OR THE $50 BILLION FOR
THE WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAM WHICH 
WE ARE GOING TO PASS TODAY IN 
THIS HOUSE.
THIS GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN 
FOCUSED ON THE WORK IT MUST DO 
FOR CANADIANS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR 
BELOEIL-CHAMBLY. 
>> The Hon. Yves-François 
Blanchet: MR. SPEAKER, YOU 
CANNOT BUY YOUR WAY OUT OF A 
CRISIS.
BUYING A LOT DOES NOT MEAN 
PURCHASING WELL.
THE PRIME MINISTER CLEARLY IS 
VERY CLEARLY OCCUPIED, PERHAPS 
TOO PREOCCUPIED WITH OTHER 
THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO 
WITH MANAGING THIS CRISIS, 
WITHOUT PRESUMING THE RESULTS OF
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE 
COMMITTEE SHOULD THE PRIME 
MINISTER NOT TEMPORARILY, 
BECAUSE CLEARLY HE IS THINKING 
OF OTHER THINGS, STEP ASIDE FOR 
THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO 
REPLACE HIM.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, AS I SAID 
LAST WEEK, WE SIGNED AN HISTORIC
AGREEMENT WITH THE PROVINCES ON 
A SAFE RESTART FOR THE ECONOMY.
TODAY WE ARE MAKING MORE HELP 
FOR BUSINESSES.
$50 BILLION WILL GO TO 
BUSINESSES WITH THE WAGE SUBSIDY
PROGRAM.
DESPITE THE OPPOSITION FOCUSING 
ON ONE ISSUE IN PARTICULAR, WE 
ARE WORKING ON THE ISSUES 
CANADIANS CARE ABOUT AND WE WILL
KEEP ON DELIVERING SUPPORT EVERY
DAY FOR CANADIANS.
>> THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR 
BURNABY SOUTH.
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CLOSE 
CONNECTIONS WITH THE We CHARITY.
THAT'S OBVIOUS.
SO WHY DID THE PRIME MINISTER 
NOT RECUSE HIMSELF WHEN THE 
DECISION WAS MADE TO AWARD 
NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS TO THE 
We CHARITY?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, AS 
GOVERNMENT WE ARE THERE TO HELP 
YOUNG PEOPLE, SENIORS, WORKERS, 
FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS.
WE WANTED TO HELP STUDENTS BY 
CREATING SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR THEM AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE 
MADE A RECOMMENDATION.
THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE We 
CHARITY BE CHOSEN TO DELIVER ALL
OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE AGREED TO THE RECOMMENDATION.
INDEED, AND I APOLOGIZE, I 
SHOULD HAVE RECUSED MYSELF 
BECAUSE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS 
BETWEEN MY FAMILY AND THE 
CHARITY.
[end of translation]. 
>> The Hon. Jagmeet Singh: BUT 
APOLOGIZING MEANS NOTHING IF THE
PRIME MINISTER KEEPS ON BREAKING
THE RULES TO HELP HIS WEALTHY 
FRIENDS.
HERE ARE THE FACTS, THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S FAMILY HAS EARNED 
OVER $300,000 IN SPEAKING FEES 
FROM THIS ORGANIZATION.
We SAID THEY DON'T NORMALLY PAY 
SPEAKERS A FEE.
ON TOP OF THAT GIVING A BILLION 
DOLLARS TO CREATE A BLAND NEW 
PROGRAM MAKES NO SENSE WHEN 
THERE ARE EXISTING WAYS TO HELP 
STUDENTS THAT ARE FASTER AND 
PROVEN.
WILL THE PRIME MINISTER ADMIT 
THIS WAS NOT ABOUT HELPING 
STUDENTS, BUT ABOUT HELPING HIS 
FRIENDS.
>> THE HONOURABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: MR. SPEAKER, IT'S A 
SHAME TO SEE SUCH CYNICISM ABOUT
HELPING STUDENTS.
THE $9 BILLION PROGRAM IS 
CREATING JOBS, ENHANCING THE 
SUMMER JOBS PROGRAMS AND MANY 
OTHER THINGS SUPPORTS STUDENTS 
AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
ON TOP OF THAT WE CREATED 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 
WANT TO STEP UP DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE BELIEVE IN 
DEEPLY AND SOMETHING THIS 
GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
ON.
>> WHAT'S DISGUSTING ABOUT THE 
We SCANDAL IS THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S WIFE, MOTHER, BROTHER
WERE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 
FROM We AND KNOWING THIS HE 
DOESN'T RECUSE HIMSELF TO GIVING
THEM THE PROGRAM.
I'M SURE THE PRIME MINISTER IS 
GRATEFUL THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER PROCLAIMED SHE STILL 
HAS CONFIDENCE IN HIM, WHILE 
OTHER MINISTERS, LIKE THE 
MINISTER OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS IS 
DOING EVERYTHING TO DISTANCE 
HIMSELF FROM THE LATEST SCANDAL.
WILL THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC 
SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT TELL US
WHICH CAMP SHE IS IN.
>> WHAT'S CLEAR IS OUR 
GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSED ON 
DELIVERING FOR CANADIANS.
WE KNOW THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED
AND CHALLENGING TIME.
WE KNOW CANADIANS ARE 
STRUGGLING.
COVID-19 HAS IMPACTED ALL 
CANADIANS AND PROPORTIONATELY 
STUDENTS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
WICKET TO THE INVESTIGATION OF 
THE ETHICS COMMISSIONER, WE WILL
BE WORKING WITH HIS OFFICE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
>> WELL, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT 
CAMP THE MINISTER OF DIVERSITY, 
INCLUSION, AND YOUTH IS IN.
BUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S FAMILY 
WAS ON THE We PAYROLL WHEN THE 
DECISION WAS MADE BY THE CABINET
TO AWARD A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT 
OF $900 MILLION.
MR. SPEAKER, MY QUESTION IS FOR 
THE QUESTION OF THE MINISTER OF 
INNOVATION, SCIENCE, AND 
INDUSTRY.
WHICH CAMP IS HE IN, IN THE 
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S 
CONFIDENCE IN THE PRIME MINISTER
OR IN THE CAMP OF THE GLOBAL 
AFFAIRS MINISTER, WHO IS 
DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S LATEST ETHICAL 
SCANDAL?
>> MR. SPEAKER, THE GOVERNMENT 
FOCUS IS CLEAR, IT'S ON 
CANADIANS AND DELIVERING FOR 
CANADIANS AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO 
ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THE CONSERVATIVES CAN PLAY 
POLITICS DIVISION.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE 
PANDEMIC AND NOT OUT OF THE 
WOODS.
WE NEED TO DELIVER FOR 
CANADIANS.
THE $900 BILLION SUITE OF 
PROGRAMS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO 
DO.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT AND DEBATING 
LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO HELP
SMALL BUSINESSES, PEOPLE, 
COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES.
NO MATTER THE DELAY CAUSED, WE 
WILL REMAIN FOCUSED ON 
CANADIANS.
>> [Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
THE CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
PRIME MINISTER AND THE We 
CHARITY IS GIVING OFF AN ODOUR 
OF HYPOCRISY.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS UNDER 
INVESTIGATION BY THE ETHICS 
COMMISSIONER FOR THE THIRD TIME.
SEVERAL MINISTERS ARE BECOMING 
IMPATIENT.
SO DOES THE MINISTER STILL TRUST
THE PRIME MINISTER?
>> OUR GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP ON 
WORKING FOR CANADIANS.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE 
PROGRAMS AND THE RESOURCES THEY 
NEED.
WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH 
THE OFFICE.
>> MR. SPEAKER, THE PRIME 
MINISTER SEEMS TO BE MUZZLING 
HIS OWN MINISTERS.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED THE MINISTER 
HERSELF TO ANSWER.
THE DEPUTY P.M. STILL SEEMS TO 
BE CONFIDENT IN THE MINISTER, 
BUT NOT THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
MINISTER.
WHAT ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION 
MINISTER, DOES HE STILL TRUST 
THE PRIME MINISTER?
>> MR. SPEAKER, AS I SAID, WE 
ARE IN A CRISIS AND WE WILL KEEP
ON DELIVERING FOR CANADIANS.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY 
HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES 
THEY NEED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE ARE ALL PULLING TOGETHER AND 
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT CANADIANS
HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.
[end of translation]. 
>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
AS WE'VE HEARD, THE PRIME 
MINISTER IS BEING INVESTIGATED 
NOW FOR A THIRD TIME, THIS TIME 
FOR HIS $43 MILLION BAILOUT FOR 
HIS BUDDIES AT THE We 
ORGANIZATION.
SO HE SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS 
DIVIDING CANADIANS, BUT NOW 
WE'RE SEEING THE DIVIDE IN HIS 
OWN CAUCUS AND IN HIS CABINET.
SO SOME CABINET MINISTERS HAVE 
HAD ENOUGH OF THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
I WANT TO FIND OUT FROM THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER, WHICH 
SIDE OF THE DIVIDE IS SHE ON.
>> MR. SPEAKER, IT'S CLEAR THAT 
ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, OUR 
FOCUS IS ON CANADIANS AND 
ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE 
PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY
NEED.
WE KNOW THAT CANADIANS ARE 
STRUGGLING AND THAT ALL 
CANADIANS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY 
COVID-19.
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN 
IMPACTED EVEN GREATER.
THAT'S WHY OUR FOCUS IS ON 
ENSURING THAT CANADIANS HAVE THE
SUPPORTS THEY NEED.
THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE FIRST 
THINGS WE DID WAS COME OUT WITH 
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
BENEFIT.
IT HAS HELPED MILLIONS OF 
CANADIANS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
OUR GOVERNMENT WILL FOCUS ON 
THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES TO GET 
THROUGH THIS TIME.
>> WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE 
MINISTER FOR DIVERSITY, 
INCLUSION, AND YOUTH IS -- WHERE
SHE SITS ON THIS ISSUE.
SHE WAS AT COMMITTEE LAST WEEK 
AND GAVE A MISLEADING AND 
INCOMPLETE ANSWER IN RESPONSE TO
THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 
COVERUP OF THIS LATEST SCANDAL.
AS PART OF THE PRIME MINISTER 
MUZZLING HIS CABINET, SHE'S BACK
ON HER FEET.
WE KNOW THE DEPUTY PRIME 
MINISTER HAS COME OUT IN FAVOUR 
OF THE PRIME MINISTER, THE 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER NOT SO 
MUCH.
LET'S FIND OUT FROM THE LIBERALS
WHICH TEAM THEY'RE ON.
TO THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER, IS 
HE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
COVERUP?
>> MR. SPEAKER, WE ARE IN AN 
UNPRECEDENTED TIME AND CANADIANS
ARE FACING CHALLENGES AND OUR 
GOVERNMENT AND HERE TO RESPOND 
TO THEM AND WE WILL REMAIN 
FOCUSED ON.
AS THE MINISTER OF YOUTH, I 
SPEAK WITH NUMEROUS 
ORGANIZATIONS.
WHEN I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK AT 
COMMITTEE, I WAS THERE TO MAKE 
SURE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
AS I STATED, IT WAS AN 
UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL AND IT WAS 
NOT THE CSSB.
THE OPPOSITION CAN CONTINUE TO 
MISLEAD CANADIANS.
WE WILL REMAIN FOCUSED ON 
CANADIANS.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE A POINT OF ORDER 
COMING.
THERE IS -- WAIT A MINUTE.
THERE'S NO POINT OF ORDER DURING
QUESTION PERIOD, BUT WE CANNOT 
USE FOUL LANGUAGE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO CALL SOMEONE 
ELSE A NAME, I WILL CALL YOU 
OUT.
THERE IS SOME BANTER.
CALLING SOMEONE A NAME IS NOT 
ALLOWED, AS WE'VE LEARNED IN THE
PAST.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter]. 
>> I HAVE A LEAGUE WHO MUST BE 
VERY HAPPY HEARING HER RIDING 
CALLED OUT.
MR. SPEAKER, THE MORE WE'RE 
LEARNING ABOUT THE We CHARITY, 
THE MORE IT SMELLS.
WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT WE WOULD 
HAVE RECEIVED $19 MILLION TO 
MANAGE A CUSTOM-TAILORED 
PROGRAM, BUT THEN THAT AMOUNT 
ROSE TO $43 MILLION.
THEY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE MANAGING
VOLUNTEERS AND WE LEARNED TODAY 
THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL 
FINANCIALLY.
CHARITY INTELLIGENCE SAYS THAT 
THEY ARE BAD MANAGERS, THEY HAVE
NO EXPERIENCE MANAGING 
VOLUNTEERS.
COULD IT BE BY COINCIDENCE THAT 
THE ONLY COMPETENCIES We CHARITY
HAS IS DONATED TO THE LIBERAL 
PARTY?
>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
AS I SAID BEFORE, OUR GOAL IS TO
HELP CANADIANS BECAUSE WE 
REALIZE WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC AND 
WE FACE MANY CHALLENGES.
AS I SAID AT THE FINANCE 
COMMITTEE AND ELSEWHERE, WE WERE
GIVEN A RECOMMENDATION BY THE 
PUBLIC SERVICE.
I ACCEPTED THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AT COMMITTEE, I SHARED THE 
DETAILS OF THE CONTRIBUTION.
WE SHARED THAT THE PUBLIC 
SERVICE HAD NEGOTIATED THE 
CONTRACT WITH THE We CHARITY.
I SHARED THOSE DETAILS AS ASKED 
AT COMMITTEE.
>> THE APOLOGIES OF THE PRIME 
MINISTER JUST DON'T CUT IT 
ANYMORE.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE DECISIONS OF HIS 
GOVERNMENT.
HE ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF 
THIS PROGRAM, KNOWING FULL WELL 
THAT HIS FAMILY HAD CONNECTIONS 
IN THE CHARITY.
HE JUST HOPED THAT NOBODY WOULD 
HAVE NOTICED.
ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, 
ETHICALLY, THIS IS INDEFENSIBLE.
SO THE PRIME MINISTER HAS TO BE 
RESPONSIBLE AND DO THE ONLY 
THING LEFT FOR HIM TO DO, WHICH 
IS TO STEP ASIDE AND LET THE 
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TAKE OVER 
WHILE THE INVESTIGATION UNFOLDS.
>> MR. SPEAKER, FROM THE OUTSET,
FROM THE START OF THIS PANDEMIC,
WE SAID WE WOULD BE THERE FOR 
CANADIANS.
REGARDING STUDENTS, WE ANNOUNCED
A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEASURES.
WE ANNOUNCED A $9 BILLION 
SUPPORT PACK FINANCIALING FOR 
STUDENTS, INCLUDING THE CANADA 
EMERGENCY STUDENT BENEFIT AND A 
MORATORIUM ON REPAYING STUDENT 
LOANS.
WITH REGARD TO THE ETHICS 
COMMISSIONER, WE WILL WORK WITH 
HIS OFFICE AND MAKE SURE HE HAS 
WHAT HE NEEDS.
[end of translation]. 
>> THE PRIME MINISTER CAN FIND 
$43 MILLION FOR FRIENDS 
STRUGGLING, BUT HAS DONE NOTHING
FOR THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR.
WHEN HIS FRIENDS NEED THE HELP, 
HE HAS NO PROBLEM CUTTING THEM A
CHEQUE.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME STORY WITH 
THESE LIBERALS.
THIS GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPTED.
WHERE IS THE HELP FOR THE 
ALBERTA OIL AND GAS SECTOR, 
MR. SPEAKER?
>> MR. SPEAKER, AS WE HAVE SAID 
ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 
OCCASIONS, WE HAVE INTERVENED IN
THE ECONOMY TO HELP A NUMBER OF 
DIFFERENT SECTORS.
WE HAVE BEEN UNWAVERING IN OUR 
SECTORS FOR ALL SECTORS ACROSS 
CANADA, INCLUDING THE OIL AND 
GAS SECTOR, WHERE WE HAVE PUT AN
UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF MONEY, 
MR. SPEAKER, INTO CLEANING UP 
OLD AND ABANDONED WELLS.
THIS WILL CREATE MORE JOBS AND 
STRUCTURE, DEVELOPMENT IN THAT 
SECTOR, AND HELP US MOVE 
FORWARD, MR. SPEAKER.
>> YESTERDAY THE LIBERALS 
REFUSED TO TELL THIS HOUSE 
WHETHER THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
MOTHER WAS PAID TO APPEAR AT A 
We EVENT ON PARLIAMENT HILL IN 
2017.
OVER $1 MILLION OF TAXPAYER 
MONEY WAS USED FOR THIS EVENT 
AND THE LIBERALS OWE CANADIANS 
THE TRUTH.
ENOUGH OF THIS CORRUPTION.
YES OR NO, WAS MARGARET TRUDEAU 
PAID TO APPEAR AT THE We EVENT 
ON PARLIAMENT HILL JULY 2, 2017?
>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
We CHARITY WAS ONE OF SEVERAL 
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD SUBMITTED
A CANADA 150 PROPOSAL FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE 
THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SELECTED.
THE TWO CANADA 150 CONTRIBUTION 
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN We CHARITY 
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN 
HERITAGE WERE APPROVED BY THE 
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE AT THE TIME
AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF 
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.
CABINET WAS NOT
>> THAT WE WILL BE HERE FOR THEM
DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED AND 
CHALLENGING TIME.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MEMBER 
OPPOSITE HAS QUESTIONS FOR THE 
We ORGANIZATION.
THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS THAT 
HE SHOULD ASK THE We 
ORGANIZATION.
WE ON THIS SIDE WILL STAY 
FOCUSED ON CANADIANS AND IF 
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WITH 
REGARD TO TO GOVERNMENT 
BUSINESS, I LOOK FORWARD TO 
RESPONDING TO THEM. 
>> MR. SPEAKER, LIKE MANY 
CANADIANS, I WOULD LE NOTHING 
MORE THAN TO PROVIDE OUR FULL 
ATTENTION TO THOSE ON THE COVID 
CRISIS AT HAND.
BUT THEY SEE THE PRIME MINISTER 
AND THE LIBERAL CABINET FOCUSED 
ON HELPING THEMSELVES AND THEIR 
FRIENDS.
THERE IS PECUNIARY CONFLICT OF 
INTEREST.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE PRIME
MINISTER IS UNDER AN 
INVESTIGATION FOR BREAKING THE 
RULES.
WHAT EXACTLY HAS HE LEARNED?
>> MR. SPEAKER, OUR FOCUS 
REMAINS ON ENSURING THAT 
CANADIANS HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND 
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
I WILL REMIND THE MEMBER THAT 
THERE ARE OFFICERS OF 
PARLIAMENT, INDEPENDENT AGENTS, 
WHO DO IMPORTANT WORK.
WE HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR 
OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT TO DO 
THAT WORK.
WE WILL BE CLEAR TO WORK WITH 
HIS OFFICE TO GET THE ANSWERS HE
NEEDS.
HE KNOWS THAT MEMBERS OF ALL 
PARTIES ASKED ME TO APPEAR AT 
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND 
OFFICIALS WERE ALSO APPEARING.
>> MR. SPEAKER, THERE IS NO 
ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITHOUT CHILD 
CARE.
WOMEN AND PARENTS CAN'T RETURN 
TO WORK IF IT MEANS LEAVING 
THEIR KIDS AT HOME ALONE.
THE LIBERALS MISSED THE MARK 
TREATING CHILD CARE AS A NICE TO
HAVE INSTEAD OF A MUST-HAVE.
EXPERTS, ECONOMISTS, AND PARENTS
ARE CLEAR, TO GO BACK TO WORK, 
FAMILIES NEED SAFE AND 
AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE.
WILL THE BLSHL INVEST THE $2.5 
BILLION REQUIRED TO BUILD AN 
AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE PROGRAM?
>> I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBER 
FOR THE IMPORTANT QUESTION.
WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE 
INVESTMENTS OF $7.5 BILLION TO 
CREATE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE 
QUALITY CHILD CARE.
WE HAVE CREATED 40,000 SPACES 
FOR THE MOST NEEDED IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH AN 
AGREEMENT OF OVER $400 BILLION 
TO PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES.
WE ARE TRANSFERRING TO PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES $625 MILLION FOR
A SAFE RESTART OF THE CHILD CARE
SECTOR, MR. SPEAKER.
>> [Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] THANK YOU, 
MR. SPEAKER.
WOMEN PLAY A TREMENDOUSLY 
IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CANADIAN 
LABOUR MARKET, AND YET MANY 
WOMEN ARE STRUGGLING TO GO BACK 
TO WORK BECAUSE THEY MUST 
CONTINUE TO ASSUME 
RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THEIR
CHILDREN.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT WOMEN
RETURNING TO WORK, THERE WILL BE
NO ECONOMIC RECOVERY AFTER THIS 
PANDEMIC.
MANY SPEAKER, WHAT IS THIS 
GOVERNMENT DOING TO FOSTER THE 
AVAILABILITY OF CHILD CARE 
SERVICES THAT ARE SAFE AND 
AFFORDABLE AND THAT WOULD ALLOW 
CANADIAN WOMEN TO GET BACK TO 
WORK?
>> Andrew: YOU HAVE BEEN 
LISTENING TO THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS QUESTION PERIOD.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS FOR THE PRIME 
MINISTER AS WELL AS OTHER 
MINISTERS THERE, REGARDING THE 
We CHARITY AND A CONTRACT THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT HAD GIVEN TO THE 
We CHARITY.
WE HEARD FROM ANDREW SCHEER AND 
THE CBC'S JANYCE McGREGOR HAS 
BEEN FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS.
WE HEARD, JANYCE, I THINK I GOT 
THIS RIGHT, I WAS QUICKLY 
WRITING IT DOWN.
THIS IS WHAT ANDREW SCHEER HAD 
TO SAY, IT'S SO GROSS AND 
DISGUSTING THAT THE PRIME 
MINISTER KEEPS USING THE 
PANDEMIC AS A CLOAK FOR HIS 
CORRUPTION.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A QUESTION.
IT'S DISGUSTING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
>> Janyce: AN EXTRAORDINARY 
MOMENT THERE, A PART OF A SERIES
OF QUESTIONS.
I WAS WATCHING CAREFULLY THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S BODY LANGUAGE 
AS HE WAS DEALING WITH THOSE 
ACCUSATIONS.
SOMETIMES HE COMES TO QUESTION 
PERIOD KIND OF, I WOULD SAY, 
WITH A FULL SUIT OF ARMOUR ON.
I WOULD SAY TODAY IT LOOKED TO 
BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS, CLEARLY 
ANTICIPATING A ROUGH GO IN THE 
FIRST LEADERS' ROUND, BUT HE 
SEEMED TO HAVE HIS ANSWERS READY
AND TO CRITICIZE THE OPPOSITION 
FOR NOT FOCUSING ON ISSUES THAT 
HE SAID WERE MORE IMPORTANT LIKE
THE LEGISLATION THEY'RE 
CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW THAT DOES 
THINGS LIKE ENHANCE THE 
PRINCIPAL WAGE SUBSIDY TO HELP 
MORE WORKERS DURING THE 
PANDEMIC.
I WAS JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF 
QUESTION PERIOD TACTICS HERE, IF
YOU'LL PARDON A LITTLE BIT OF 
INSIGHT TO BASEBALL, I FOUND THE
CONSERVATIVE LINES AS THEY WENT 
ALONG THERE WHERE THEY WERE 
TRYING TO GET THE CABINET SORT 
OF SAY WHAT SIDE THEY WERE ON TO
BE QUITE INTERESTING.
THIS STARTED WITH BLOC LEADER, 
YVES-FRANÇOIS BLANCHET, COMING 
OUT OF DAYS AGO SAYING THE PRIME
MINISTER HAD ENOUGH TO WORRY 
ABOUT AND SHOULD STEP ASIDE AND 
LET CHRYSTIA FREELAND RUN THE 
GOVERNMENT WHILE HE WAS 
PREOCCUPIED WITH THIS 
CONTROVERSY.
OF COURSE JUSTIN TRUDEAU HASN'T 
DONE THAT, BUT THAT WAS THE 
SUGGESTION FROM THE BLOC LEADER.
WE ARE SEEING OTHERS PILE ON 
THAT SUGGESTION IN THE DAYS 
SINCE AND SUGGESTING CABINET 
MINISTERS, SOME WERE TRYING TO 
BARGE POLE FROM THE CONTROVERSY,
SAYING, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING 
ABOUT IT -- 
>> Andrew: FRANÇOIS-PHILIPPE 
CHAMPAGNE BEING ONE OF THEM?
>> Janyce: YEAH, AND WE HAVE 
HEARD THAT FROM OTHER MINISTERS 
TOO, SAYING, LOOK, I HAD NO PART
OF THIS, NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, 
I WASN'T AWARE OF THESE 
CONFLICTS, REALLY TRYING TO STAY
OUT OF IT, WHILE OTHERS, BARDISH
CHAGGER HERSELF, VERY MUCH IN 
THE THICK OF THIS.
SHE WAS TAKING ALL THE 
QUESTIONS.
EVERY TIME THE CONSERVATIVES 
TRIED TO GET ANOTHER MINISTER UP
TO TALK ABOUT THIS CONTROVERSY, 
UP WOULD SPRING BARDISH CHAGGER 
WITH DIFFERENT TALKING POINTS.
SHE DID A RADIO INTERVIEW WITH 
OUR COLLEAGUES IN 
KITCHENER-WATERLOO, INTERESTING 
ON THE THEME OF MINISTERIAL 
ACCOUNTABILITY.
SHE WAS ASKED STRAIGHT UP BY OUR
COLLEAGUE WHETHER SHE THOUGHT OF
RESIGNING OVER THE SCOPE OF THIS
CONTROVERSY AND SHE TOOK UMBRAGE
ON THAT AND SAID, NO, I'M 
WORKING HARD ON THIS FILE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
INTERESTING THAT NO ONE HAS DONE
MORE THAN APOLOGIZE FOR THIS.
WE'VE SEEN APOLOGIES FOR WHAT 
WENT WRONG, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN 
ANYONE SAY I'M ACCOUNTABLE AND 
FALL ON THEIR SWORD.
I THINK THE OPPOSITION WOULD 
LOVE TO SEE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE LIBERALS ARE 
READY TO FIGHT A STRONG OFFENCE 
GETTING OUT THERE, TRYING TO 
MOVE ALONG FROM THIS, SAYING, 
WE'VE APOLOGIZED AND ARE READY 
TO GO AND FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS.
WITH ALL OF THE FACTS COMING OUT
AND ALL THE THREADS TO PULL ON, 
WHETHER THAT WILL BE SOMETHING 
THEY CAN SUSTAIN IN THE COMING 
DAYS AND WEEKS, ANDREW. 
>> Andrew: ALSO INTERESTING IS 
THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE TRIED 
TO -- THE CONSERVATIVES MADE THE
POINT OR ARGUED FROM THEIR 
PERSPECTIVE THAT THERE ARE TWO 
CAMPS IN THE LIBERAL CAMP, THE 
BARGE POLE PEOPLE, THEY SAY 
FRANÇOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE, AND
THEN THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 
CLEARLY ON THE SIDE OR 
SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
AND THEN SHE WAS ASKED A 
QUESTION AND SHE DIDN'T ANSWER, 
HE ANSWERED.
I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT 
WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO LOSE 
CONFIDENCE IN, IN THE WORDS OF 
ANDREW SCHEER, THIS 
SCANDAL-PLAGUED PRIME MINISTER.
>> Janyce: CHRYSTIA FREELAND HAS
BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF A GOOD 
SOLDIER.
IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MUCH SHE HAD TO
DO WITH THIS, BUT APOLOGIZING ON
BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT ANYWAY.
SHE MARCHED OUT AND DID A BUNCH 
OF RADIO INTERVIEWS THIS MORNING
MARCHING ALONG THOSE LINES, 
TRYING TO BE PART OF THE 
SOLUTION AND HELP THE GOVERNMENT
MOVE ALONG FROM THIS.
IS THIS REAL POT STIRRING BY THE
CONSERVATIVES GOING TO WORK?
WILL IT SURFACE DIVISIONS IN THE
LIBERAL PARTY?
OR, WHEN ATTACKED, DOES THE 
LIBERAL PARTY GATHER UNDER THE 
TENT AND UNITE AS A TEAM?
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT 
IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS TO 
COME.
IT'S ONE THING FOR AN M.P. TO 
GRUMBLE ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATING 
FOR THIS TO SET THEM BACK, IT'S 
ANOTHER TO HAVE OPEN SPLITS.
WE'LL WATCH AND SEE.
MINORITY GOVERNMENTS, YOU HAVE 
TO FOCUS AND WORK AS A TEAM, OR 
ELSE THINGS GET VERY DIFFICULT 
VERY FAST.
SOMETHING TO WATCH, ESPECIALLY 
WITH POLL NUMBERS NOT LOOKING 
AWESOME AND STARTING TO SLIP FOR
THIS GOVERNMENT. 
>> Andrew: THE CBC'S JANYCE 
McGREGOR LIVE IN OTTAWA.
YOU'RE WATCHING CBC NEWS 
NETWORK.
