Discussion · Government Orders
Bob Zimmer Conservative
“The Prime Minister promised to buy Canadian and support Canadians. Yet the government gave a security contract to an American company instead of a Canadian one that hires veterans. I want the member to explain why they chose the American company.”
“Madam Speaker, I think most Canadians have heard the debate today and they go back to the Prime Minister’s having made promises about buying Canadian and supporting Canadians. That is why most of us find it very strange that the CRA did not give a security contract to a top patriotic organization, arguably the most patriotic organization, in Canada, the Commissionaires, but to what Newsweek called a top patriotic company in the U.S. I will ask the member whether he thinks it is appropriate to give the contract to the most patriotic Canadian company, or to the most patriotic American company.”
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Madam Speaker, I think most Canadians have heard the debate today and they go back to the Prime Minister’s having made promises about buying Canadian and supporting Canadians. That is why most of us find it very strange that the CRA did not give a security contract to a top patriotic organization, arguably the most patriotic organization, in Canada, the Commissionaires, but to what Newsweek called a top patriotic company in the U.S. I will ask the member whether he thinks it is appropriate to give the contract to the most patriotic Canadian company, or to the most patriotic American company.