“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his remarks. As always, he demonstrates a thorough grasp of the file. Perhaps he can help clarify something for me. As I read this bill, I am having some difficulty following it as well, much like my colleague. We currently have the Defence Investment Agency, which would be replaced by the Canadian corporation for defence investment. Aside from a change in name, letterhead and business cards, and setting aside the possibility of creating a well-paid position for a friend of the Prime Minister, what would actually change? Does this bill actually contain any defence investment projects? For now, it appears to be largely cosmetic. The only purpose I can see for this legislation, although I may be missing something, is that it would allow the government to wash its hands of any future problems. It could then say that the matter is not under its control because it falls within the mandate of a Crown corporation. Am I mistaken, or is there genuinely some added value here for Canadians and Quebeckers?”
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Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 7 wordswhat is most surprising about Bill C-40, PositioningClaims · 103 wordswhich is before us today, is that the government was already pointing to problems with supply, delays and efficiency at National Defence to justify the creation of the Defence Investment Agency through Bill C-31.2The problem is that this solution has not even been tested.6The agency has yet to be established because Bill C-31 has not even been passed.1In reality, it is an office within the department responsible for procurement, 3Unearned certaintybut the agency does not yet exist.4This agency has not really been put to the test yet, but some have already come to the conclusion that it does not work.Hidden agencyAside · 5 wordsI find that really strange, AsidePositioning · 43 wordsbecause this is this very same government that, not so long ago, was telling us that this was a new initiative that would solve all our problems.5Now, we are being presented with yet another new initiative that will solve all our problems, PositioningReasoning · 16 wordswhereas, ultimately, all we are seeing is a continuing trend towards less transparency and less accountability.
