“Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois joins our colleague in expressing our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the people affected by the tragedy in Wainwright. Our thoughts are with them. Making the Defence Investment Agency a Crown corporation will enable the government to practise selective accountability. On the one hand, with Bill C‑40, the government is removing oversight mechanisms for its most costly expenditures. On the other hand, by creating an independent Crown corporation, the government will take credit for successes when doing so suits its purposes and deny responsibility when sensitive or controversial matters arise on the grounds that the corporation operates independently. Why has this government been working to reduce accountability ever since it came to power?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 29 wordson the contrary, I would say to my colleague that the proposed Crown corporation will be accountable to Parliament through a new associate minister of national defence for procurement.1Reasoning · 17 wordsThis is exactly the case in several other allied countries in Europe, for example, in Great Britain.2Promise · 16 wordsThe government will establish a board of directors to oversee the agency’s day-to-day management and supervision.3Claims · 33 wordsIn addition, the Crown corporation will be subject to ministerial requirements regarding reporting to Parliament and financial controls, 4as well as audits and reviews by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.5Reasoning · 32 wordsWe have established a model, or an architecture, that will streamline procurement.At the same time, we are ensuring that there is the kind of accountability to which the member is referring.
