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Pierre Poilievre on the Fair Elections Act in Response to Scott Simms

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Channel: Pierre Poilievre · 2014 · News & Politics

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QP February 5, 2014



Mr. Scott Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, Lib.):  
    Mr. Speaker, the Chief Electoral Officer asked that the elections commissioner be given the power to apply to a judge to compel the provision of information relevant to an investigation, and the commissioner agreed, of course. Despite what he said earlier, why would they be asking if they had that power already. Conservative stonewalling is the single biggest issue here. The minister would know this if he had really consulted this past summer about this bill he has brought forward to the House.
    Will the minister support the Liberal amendment to give the commissioner this particular power so that he will actually have some real teeth?


Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Minister of State (Democratic Reform), CPC):  
    Mr. Speaker, judges can already compel testimony. It is called a subpoena. That happens all the time and is a regular course in matters of law enforcement. He would know that if he watched any number of television shows involving policing.
    The reality is that the elections commissioner currently has all the same investigative powers of police officers who are investigating the most serious violent, heinous crimes. We are giving new powers and sharper teeth to the commissioner, and that will help improve law enforcement.

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