“Too many government deals connect to the company Brookfield. Canadians are struggling to afford food while the government spends money on things like heat pumps. I want the government to explain why all these deals link to Brookfield.”

“Madam Speaker, there is the nuclear deal with Westinghouse, the hydroelectric deal with Evolugen, pension funds with the Maple Fund, real estate deals for data centres, the European Space Agency campus, and now there is Enercare and its heat pumps. Yes, Canada is now in the heat pump business. Come on. People are struggling to put food on the table, but there is no need to worry, because the Liberal government is going to help pay for their heat pump. What do all of these deals have in common? It is Brookfield. The Prime Minister is not even trying to hide his conflicts of interest anymore. Can the Liberals explain why every government announcement can be linked, directly or indirectly, to Brookfield?”

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“The people watching the Prime Minister for conflicts of interest report directly to him. The government is spending $2 billion on heat pumps, a business connected to Brookfield, which is tied to the Prime Minister. I want independent people to run the government's ethics system.”

“Madam Speaker, who administers the Prime Minister’s conflict of interest screen? It is his chief of staff and the Clerk of the Privy Council, both of whom report directly to the Prime Minister. Meanwhile, Brookfield is active in the nuclear, energy, real estate, and infrastructure sectors. Yesterday, the Liberals announced yet another debt-financed program. It involves investing $2 billion in heat pumps. Once again, Brookfield is involved in this sector. They are telling us to trust them. At the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics, members called for a more transparent mechanism. Will the government establish an effective ethics system administered by non-partisan individuals?”

“The Prime Minister put two billion dollars into heat pump subsidies while owning shares in companies that make and sell them. This is an obvious conflict of interest that makes him money.”

“Madam Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister pulled the curtain back on how he is using the power of his office, aligning public policy to line his pockets. When the Prime Minister announced that two billion tax dollars would be used to subsidize heat pumps, he stood at a microphone knowing he owned shares in Trane heat pumps, Schneider Electric and Brookfield, which owns Enercare, a seller and installer of heat pumps. The conflict of interest is so obvious, but, worse, it is a breach of trust. The Prime Minister is funnelling billions of dollars to heat pump subsidies while he and Brookfield-connected companies are positioned to benefit. Are Canadians supposed to believe that this is just a coincidence?”

“The Prime Minister is using his office to spend billions of tax dollars on policies that help his own personal wealth. This is a clear conflict of interest. Government members need to speak up and call him out on it.”

“Madam Speaker, Canadians are concerned about corruption and cronyism. This is about breaching public trust by using the power and levers of the Prime Minister’s Office to announce public policies funnelling billions of tax dollars that will personally benefit the Prime Minister’s assets, blind or not, and he knows it. At a minimum, this is cronyism, but some could argue that this crosses the line of not just a conflict of interest but self-dealing happening within the Prime Minister’s Office. Will someone on the other side have the guts to call the Prime Minister out on this conflict like so many Canadians have over the past 24 hours?”

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“The Prime Minister helps his wealthy friends instead of ordinary Canadians. His new two-billion-dollar heat pump plan will benefit companies he owns millions of dollars of stock in.”

“Madam Speaker, the only thing higher than the member’s voice is the Prime Minister’s stock portfolio this week. The Prime Minister is delivering for Liberal insiders, not ordinary Canadians. His $2-billion heat pump announcement yesterday stands to benefit companies like Trane and Enercare. The Prime Minister’s ethics filing shows that he owns shares in Trane, and guess who owns Enercare. It is Brookfield. We know that the Prime Minister’s ethics disclosure shows he has millions of dollars of shares in Brookfield. What is he pumping, heat into Canadian homes or cash into Brookfield?”