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Mélanie Joly

Liberal on Publics Services and Procurement

Replying to Pierre Poilievre (Conservative)
“Mr. Speaker, there we go. There we have it. Every time they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar, they raise grand theatrical distractions. It is illegal under the ethics act for the Prime Minister to be in any way involved with a company with which he has a friendship. Dan Goldberg, the CEO of Telesat, is in a book club and a jogging club with the Prime Minister and attended two of his swearing-in ceremonies. He even flew over to London to see the Prime Minister. Given that it is illegal to help a friend, did the Prime Minister ever discuss this contract with anyone in the government?”

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Mr. Speaker, it has been constant industrial policy for decades now to support being able to have companies operating telecommunication and satellite services. The Harper government, the Trudeau government and this government have all supported Telesat. We believe that thousands of jobs in this country are linked to the company. I would like to know what the Leader of the Opposition suggests. Is it more Telesat, or more of an American company?