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Committee Evidence - OGGO-24
2020-08-13
Kate Bahen - 15:45
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-08-13 15:45
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I do want to thank our witnesses for joining us today. I appreciate the testimony that we've heard so far. I want to follow up on some of the previous questions.
This is for Charity Intelligence. A number of questions have been raised on the Byzantine nature of the WE network of charities and for-profit ventures. Is this type of convoluted network common in the charity world?
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Canada Student Service Grant
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Greg Thomson - 15:45
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-08-13 15:46
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Thank you for that.
Again, Charity Intelligence, you have publicly asked why Craig and Marc Kielburger are listed as co-founders of WE rather than as directors, officers or trustees. Can you provide an explanation as to why that question is important, especially as it relates to the CSSG contract?
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Greg Thomson - 15:46
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-08-13 15:47
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I'm not sure how much time I have.
Mark Blumberg was quoted in a Globe and Mail article on August 1. He's a lawyer whose specialty is the charitable sector. He said this regarding WE Charity: “It’s not like any charity that I’ve ever seen.... So I wouldn’t draw too many conclusions about the charity sector from this group. But I think what makes it clear to me is that we need more transparency in the charity sector.”
I think we've been hearing that a little bit, certainly in response to some of the questions by Mr. Green. There was this back-and-forth about full and frank disclosure, whether a government or an entity that's seeking to have an organization oversee a contract on its behalf...whether or not there is that full and frank disclosure, or whether that government or entity would need to ask.
I'm wondering whether you can comment on Mr. Blumberg's conclusion that more transparency is needed in the charity sector, and quite frankly on the process of governments and what they can rightly expect from a charity.
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Kate Bahen - 15:48
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-08-13 15:49
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Yes.
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Committee Evidence - OGGO-23
2020-07-23
Tom Lukiwski - 13:33
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 13:33
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank our witnesses for joining us today.
I would just build on my colleague's questioning previous to mine. I certainly hope this contingency reserve is going to be managed better than the NESS. I want to ask some questions around the prioritization of the contracts we enter into. Does the department have any guidelines to prioritize contracting with PPE manufacturers?
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Bill Matthews - 13:33
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 13:34
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Thank you.
I'm wondering, did they include contracting from countries that had the same values that we do here in Canada, or with strong human rights records such as South Korea or Taiwan?
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Bill Matthews - 13:34
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 13:34
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Thank you.
I'm sure everyone has seen the horrific videos of Uighur Muslims being led onto trains blindfolded and chained together. I'm also sure that the department is aware of the New York Times article from July 19, which reported that at least 17 companies in China are using forced Uighur labour to manufacture PPE. Can the department tell this committee if any of the PPE we have purchased has been manufactured by forced labour?
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Bill Matthews - 13:35
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Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 13:35
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Instead of hearing that, I'd like to follow up by saying I'm really shocked that the department doesn't know if forced labour is being used to produce PPE for Canadians. I'm sure we would all agree that Canadians deserve to know if their government is financially supporting forced labour. I would expect the department to make that a priority, given the reports we are seeing in the news. Sure, if you want to follow up with your protocol, great, but I think it's shocking that we don't know.
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Bill Matthews - 13:36
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 13:36
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I appreciate that.
Can you tell me what precautions have been put in place to ensure this won't happen? What sorts of things are in place already to ensure we don't end up procuring from a company using forced labour?
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Bill Matthews - 13:37
Tom Lukiwski - 14:23
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 14:23
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to make sure that I've understood correctly what I think was said in response to Mr. McCauley's intervention prior to his motion.
I believe what we heard earlier regarding the ethical apparel policy is that this policy only extends to primary and first-tier subcontractors and that we don't know what happens if that first-tier subcontractor contracts out to additional companies.
We've also, I guess, learned that PSPC or the Government of Canada is relying on a regime that has an atrocious human rights record to self-declare that they don't engage in human rights violations when producing PPE, while at the same time there has been confirmation that there are companies using work camps for production.
Can you confirm that I've understood correctly your response to Mr. McCauley on these issues?
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Bill Matthews - 14:25
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Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 14:25
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I want to confirm that we don't know what happens if that first-tier subcontractor contracts out to additional companies.
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Bill Matthews - 14:25
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 14:25
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Okay, thank you.
I'm also wondering if you can tell me what role Deloitte has in ensuring that we're not buying PPE from companies that are using forced labour. I believe Deloitte has been contracted by PSPC to help with our supply chains, so I'm wondering if it has a role.
Does it report to you any findings that would then help inform PSPC on whether or not these companies should be engaged in procurement?
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Bill Matthews - 14:26
Arianne Reza - 14:26
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 14:27
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Thank you.
I'm wondering—because my time is short with only four minutes—whether the department will commit to looking at the entire supply chain and every single subcontractor in China to guarantee that not one bit of what we are receiving is from forced labour or forced transport?
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Bill Matthews - 14:27
Tom Lukiwski - 14:50
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-23 14:50
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Not to be combative, but I would suggest to Mr. MacKinnon that the will of this committee is very clear in the unanimous acceptance of the motion I brought forward, where the ministers we wanted to have appear before committee are listed. I'm not interested in trying to whittle down that list when we indicated what our intent was and the motion was unanimously adopted by the committee.
If you prefer, you can leave it up to members of the opposition to thread that needle to demonstrate how ministers were involved, or as my colleague said, why they should have been, in what is becoming a very huge scandal on this whole awarding of this contract. We stated in the motion what we wanted to see happen. I think it's clear. I'm looking forward to those four meetings that we established through the motion. I am available for whenever they need to be scheduled.
For witnesses, we do have a fuller list than just the ministers who are listed in the motion.
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Tom Lukiwski - 14:52
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Committee Evidence - OGGO-22
2020-07-09
Tom Lukiwski - 18:02
CPC (SK)
Kelly Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)
2020-07-09 18:04
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No, thank you, Mr. Chair.
I did want to advise you, as the chair, that I wanted to table a motion in regard to what you have just presented. I know it's been circulated—I believe it's been circulated in both French and English—so I'm wondering if it's important for me to read it into the record now.
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Tom Lukiwski - 18:04
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