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Originally Posted by calculoso
A reminder that the Bloc also voted to suspend the hearing, and it is suspended to not interfere with the RCMP investigation
They say any further hearings could put at risk investigations by the Canada Border Services Agency, which produced the report, and the RCMP.”
Of course the Conservatives want to make this a political issue rather than a criminal one.
My stance: if the RCMP does not investigate or does not find any wrongdoing, then the committee should resume its investigation. This needs to be looked at seriously and urgently, but there is an order or operations here that must be followed (criminal then political, not the other way around)
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The RCMP did not have any ongoing investigations on ArriveCAN itself, the investigation was in relation to specific CBSA agents and contractors based on Botler's allegations on a completely separate project, and Larry Brock was contending based on the CBSA report received that the agents in question being investigated are scapegoats and the wrong targets, hinting the CBSA may be hiding larger corruption with the destruction of 1500 emails and agents (that are
not being investigated). This report was the CBSA's own report (Lafleur's) concluding there was no wrongdoing in the destruction of 1500 emails, etc and only focused on McDonald and Utano. This was an internal CBSA investigation mainly concerned with Botler's allegations while people of interest that should have been interviewed were not.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees...ate=2024-02-05 (around 11:30:00 for Project Helios and Brock's questions that caused this whole fiasco)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/poli...s-allegations/
To shut down the committee to prevent key information from being revealed as 'scary' on the pretext of an ongoing investigation when there is no ongoing investigation deeper than the Botler allegations just leads further credibility to a cover up.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/poli...it-misconduct/
Shutting down committees also comes straight from the Liberal playbook of shutting down any public discussion which could have an investigation that could put them in a bad light, including trying to shut down the audit of ArriveCAN.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...valin%20affair.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/arm...ttee-1.5984303
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jus...deau-1.5052976
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/oppo...ecan-1.6136064
The RCMP has also been been under scrutiny recently by its former commissioner's dubious request.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ions-1.6623287
As for the Bloc, the Bloc likes to see the world burn as long as Quebec is spared or benefits (see the SNC Lavalin vote) and will switch votes on a whim if politically convenient. They are chaotic neutral.