Discussion · Government Orders
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Québécois
“The government should have consulted the opposition parties before creating this sovereign wealth fund. We had good ideas to share, and the government promised to work with us.”
“Mr. Speaker, my colleague described the sovereign wealth fund as something major, a major step, a major event. That is how the government presented it to us as well. When there is a major event like this, it seems to me that the least the government could have done was to consult the opposition parties. We might have had things to say or suggestions to make. That would have been constructive, especially from a government that had promised to work together with the opposition parties, given that it won its majority in a not very legitimate way.”
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague described the sovereign wealth fund as something major, a major step, a major event. That is how the government presented it to us as well. When there is a major event like this, it seems to me that the least the government could have done was to consult the opposition parties. We might have had things to say or suggestions to make. That would have been constructive, especially from a government that had promised to work together with the opposition parties, given that it won its majority in a not very legitimate way.