Discussion · Government Orders
Ned Kuruc Conservative
“I want to work with the government on this bill. Hiring more workers is good, but I am worried about how the government decides what is in the national interest. The Liberals have abused their power in the past, and I want to make sure that does not happen again.”
“Mr. Speaker, this is one of the rare occasions where I stand up in the House to debate a bill where I am not totally at odds with it. I am here with the intention to work with the Liberal government on this. I have outlined what is important to me, but on what the member has outlined, we could definitely get behind that. Hiring workers is not a bad thing, but the things I have outlined here are specifically on what determines national interest. That is concerning to me, because without mentioning it, in the recent past, things have been called on, which have been found in court, that the Liberals in the former government were not allowed to do, but could be viewed as a national interest. So, we have seen abuse of this. I just want to protect—”
Mr. Speaker, this is one of the rare occasions where I stand up in the House to debate a bill where I am not totally at odds with it. I am here with the intention to work with the Liberal government on this. I have outlined what is important to me, but on what the member has outlined, we could definitely get behind that. Hiring workers is not a bad thing, but the things I have outlined here are specifically on what determines national interest. That is concerning to me, because without mentioning it, in the recent past, things have been called on, which have been found in court, that the Liberals in the former government were not allowed to do, but could be viewed as a national interest. So, we have seen abuse of this. I just want to protect—