Senator Plett - Question Period - Tuesday, April 30
2. Response to Order Paper Question - MP Gerretsen
Leader, on December 13, 2022, I submitted a written question to the Senate’s Order Paper, concerning your former Parliamentary Secretary, MP Mark Gerretsen. It asked for some basic information: How many times had he met with you, and how many times had he met with other Senators?
A recent response said, quote: “the Parliamentary Secretary… met with the Representative of the Government in the Senate and other Senators on a regular basis, to discuss legislation and the business of both chambers.”
That’s it. I waited 15 months for that ‘response’. I won’t call it an ‘answer’. Justin Trudeau once promised Canadians a government “open by default”. Nine long years later, the Trudeau government is just laughing at Canadians and at the Senate - isn’t it, Leader?
SUPPLEMENTARY
Leader, doesn’t this so-called “answer” to simple questions about your former Parliamentary Secretary prove that your argument is wrong?
Changing the Senate’s rules wouldn’t change what the Information Commissioner called “the culture of secrecy” in the Trudeau government.
Instead of changing the Senate rules, shouldn’t Canadians change the government?
29 апр 2024
