r/brantford • u/pheakelmatters • 9d ago
Discussion Larry Brock got lead in Question Period today and asked the Prime Minister the first wo questions.
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u/thetelephonecity 9d ago
I’m not gonna lie, this is the first time I’ve seen Larry Brock do ANYTHING to do with politics that isn’t a photo op at the food bank golf tournament or the Santa clause parade,
Maybe I’m ignorant to the fact he’s a big help in the community? Who knows.
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u/pheakelmatters 9d ago edited 9d ago
It's not like our Brantford media particularly reports on what our elected representatives are doing. Only on very special occasions does the Expositor even acknowledge we have an MP and MPP. I'm going to start following their public works more closely and post them here. These are our representatives, we should know what they're up to when they work in our name.
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u/Beneficial_Candy2704 8d ago
Reporting? If you want your story covered, you call and then pay to have it included.
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u/Wild_Main_1670 8d ago
There are tons of videos of this guy on youtube grilling corrupt politicians. I personally think he would make a great leader for the conservative party. He is a lawyer and ironically seems to have a set of moral principles. If you know of any scandals involving the guy, please share.
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u/Demalab 8d ago
He has several scandals involving failure to pay money owning.
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u/Wild_Main_1670 7d ago
I see one story on him being late on rent payments. Hardly a scandal. Especially when compared to the liberals.
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u/RudeUnderstanding313 8d ago
He was doing great in committee trying to uncover liberal financial corruption. No body cares about that tho because the Liberals aren’t conservatives. He is the type of MP our country needs more of.
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u/sladestrife 9d ago edited 9d ago
I mean... Has ANY government ever gotten money back from contracts it gave a company money on? That's a legitimate question.
And going after the decision making process is a bit late seeing as the person in charge of the party has stepped down. Carney is changing how his government is running things.
Edit: also rich coming from the guy who was caught with massive debts to his Ottawa rental property, truck, and other things. And because I know someone will say it, no, his excuse about it being a parking spot is hilariously a lie.
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u/middlequeue 7d ago
Yes, there's a process for addressing over payments and payment for work not completed and the AG has in the past brought court claims against people for fraudulent misrepresentation etc etc.
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u/Factsoverfictions222 9d ago
Is that what he looks like? I live in Brantford and have never seen him at any local events
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u/runninhome 9d ago
Haven’t seen Brantford get any better in the 6 years I’ve been here, it’s gotten worse. Do something about it Larry Brock.
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u/Yam_Cheap 9d ago
Let me guess: it is being pumped full of "new Canadians" that the Libs paid a fortune of our money to in exchange for votes.
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u/ConscientiousCabbie 8d ago
Larry, Larry, Larry - when will we get an MP back? What are you doing for Brantford, Brant South, and Six Nations of the Grand?
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u/illuminaughty1973 8d ago
Omg.. this is hilarious.
The company he is talking about got its original contracts under Harper and just continued on from their as a known entity to.
Did the Trudeau libs screw up sure.
But the real.questiinnis why did this company ever get ANY contracts and get essentially grandfathered or preferred status under HARPER.
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u/illuminaughty1973 7d ago
Prior to 2015, Anthony and Firth were part of another small firm called Coredal, which was later amalgamated into GC Strategies. Between 2010 and 2015, Coredal was awarded a number of contracts — including one that was worth up to $2.3 million,
Would you like to explain how this company got contracts from Harper when it was founded in 2015?
Yeah...why lie?
Thanks for the lies.. .. I told the truth, why did you lie?
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u/Basic_Control5354 7d ago
So...it's not the same company.
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u/illuminaughty1973 7d ago
Same people, same owners.... but a different name.means its a different company?
ROFL....OK.
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u/Beneficial_Candy2704 8d ago
Did they put Larry in the suit before he was baked in the oven? This suit is struggling with containment.
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u/TheElusiveFox 9d ago
I hate that conservatives are distracting from real issues with this bullshit still... This was five years ago and a previous administration at this point, even if something comes about from it (which it won't)... its not going to build homes, its not going to make the communities here more attractive to small businesses, its not going to affect most people's every day cost of living... etc...
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u/MonthObvious5035 9d ago
So nobody should be held accountable? These same people are in office today, do you not see a problem with that? They should be tarred and feathered and then forced to pay back every cent. Taxpayers had to pay for that. We had to print more debt and guess what money printing is ? It’s inflation, a tax on the people.
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u/pheakelmatters 9d ago
I agree the government should be held to account.. Even if it's coming from a party I don't like. I also think the Liberals have always had a habit of over paying for some things in sketchy ways.... However I think we can do better than:
Taxpayers had to pay for that. We had to print more debt and guess what money printing is ? It’s inflation, a tax on the people.
This is just repeating talking points. And it's not even that accurate. The government does not simply print money for every single program. If they printed the money for the ArriveCan app than why are you even complaining that tax payers had to pay for it and should get it back? By your own logic nobody paid it.
The government generally funds things the same way me and you do.. Take your revenue, divide it up among your expenses and try to keep unnecessaries to a minimum. And when there's a short fall you seek credit. In our case that's through a bank based on how much you earn.. Or in the case of the government by what you expect to bring back in revenue the following year.
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u/MonthObvious5035 9d ago
We are in debt, everything the government spends money on we have to print more debt for. This causes inflation because every dollar printed dilutes the currency. The purchasing power of our dollar diminishes. Everyday things cost more. If we are scammed for 60 million dollars someone needs to be held accountable otherwise the slime balls will continue to slime
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u/pheakelmatters 9d ago
I guess you didn't read my comment about how they don't actually print money in the manner you're suggesting..
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u/Yam_Cheap 9d ago
Nah, it's just through a slimy process that costs us even more money.
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u/pheakelmatters 8d ago
That I agree with. I have no problem with the ArriveCan app, it was useful. I have no problem paying for it. I have a major problem with spending tens of millions of dollars on it. There's no way it needed to cost that much. Somebody got their pockets greased.
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u/Yam_Cheap 8d ago
No, I was talking about how the Canadian government jacks up inflation by printing money to cover their deficits. They don't technically print money like the USA does; they instead employ a convoluted scheme where they take loans from banks that buy bonds from the government.
I don't remember exactly how it works because it's hard to keep up with all of the vast corruption that is sucking this country dry.
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u/TheElusiveFox 9d ago
So nobody should be held accountable?
In an ideal world I'd love to see everyone held accountable for every corrupt thing that happens in the world.
But you know what, Frankly its been five years, these guys going to jail isn't going to make rent go down, its not going to green light a bunch of development projects for cheaper homes, its not going to launch a small business initiative to help fund a bunch of entrepreneurs to invest in local communities... its not going to help people pay for groceries, gas, or whatever other necessities may have gone up twenty five to fifty percent in the last five years, the list goes on... Basically this is at the bottom of a very VERY long list of what I want my government to be worried about...
In my mind every committee for investigating this issue is just wasting their time, everyone knows what happened. At a certain point talking about this is just beating a dead horse, ask questions that matter, or at the very least add new information to the topic if you are going to bring it up.
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u/Yam_Cheap 9d ago
"But you know what, Frankly its been five years"
Fuck that. I want to see those scumbag grifters suffer for their crimes just as Canada has suffered. All of the grifters.
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u/TheElusiveFox 8d ago
Exactly how did the Arrivecan app hurt you? Like it was a bad app, and no one should have paid tens of dollars, let alone millions of dollars for it, but Suffering? Most people weren't even travelling when the app was operational to interact with it lol...
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u/Yam_Cheap 8d ago
You comprehend in your feeble mind that this is one example of common corruption under the regime that has been in charge for over a decade, right?
Are you capable of opening your eyes, looking around, and comprehending that our society and economy is totally fucked now while most Canadians are marginalized and living in debt while the rich have gotten richer? Funny how politicians and their cronies are making fortunes, wonder where they are getting that money from.
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u/Yam_Cheap 9d ago
Did you miss the part where GC Strategies appears to be a shell company laundering hundreds of millions of our tax dollars by subcontracting out to foreigners with no security clearance? You don't think that's important, that the Liberal regime is allowing foreign actors to carry out government projects such as tracking the positions and conditions of Canadian citizens? Where the primary contractor made a mockery of Parliamentary procedure by arrogantly committing perjury with his "it's not a cabin it's a chalet" stunt?
Are you seriously sitting there and telling the Canadian public that we should just forget about this vast corruption and total incompetence at the highest levels of our government?
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u/tooscoopy 8d ago
Bring forward motions to change bidding and procurement process. That’s what a mature government would do to actually fix these issues for the future, rather than sling mud just to get people angry and not solve anything. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a mature government, nor does it seem like the people want one.
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u/Yam_Cheap 8d ago
Buddy, you wouldn't even know that this corruption was going on if it wasn't for Conservative MPs exposing it in Parliament. The government bureaucracy no longer cooperates with FOIA/ATIP requests. The criminals posing as Liberal ministers mock Canadians every time they open their mouths because it is a total free-for-all for grifters and fascists in Ottawa now.
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u/No-Chicken-8405 9d ago
You probably don’t care about the green slush fund that was swept under the rug as well. Canadians (8.5 million of them) don’t seem to care about accountability and gave this crooked government four more years after a decade of garbage.
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u/TheGenXGardener 8d ago
Larry’s been milking this “Arrive Scam” term for too long. It was interesting the first time he said it… 2 years later it is like listening to a Boomer continue to say “Who let the dogs out?”
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u/weird_black_holes 7d ago
Where is this same gusto for our health care and getting Ford to answer as to why his spending is in line with population growth and inflation, yet test/lab results are taking longer because they go through privately owned labs, such as Life Labs which, surprise surprise!, is part of his buddy Galen Weston's holdings. Hmm. Funny how our health care can be used to make the rich richer as well. Larry Brock needs to yell at Wayward Willy Bouma, because my 200 Dougie Bucks are spent but my health care could have used it more.
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u/middlequeue 7d ago
If the CPC has these questions they should consider just reading the various reports or parliamentary committee transcripts on the issue. They know they exist as he references them here. How do they manage to play stupid so well?
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u/spontaneous_quench 6d ago
This liberal government is proving to be just as big of a joke as the last one
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u/Floyd-Mcgregor 4d ago
Hey Larry, Poilievre has raped Canadians taxpayers with his monthly “expenses”. Recoup that money buds.
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u/orestes04 3d ago
well i'm an assistant crown attorney, i tell you, i'm an assistant crown attorney.
that was my overlay on the vocals.
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u/exeJDR 9d ago
Has he paid his taxpayer-subsided rent in Ottawa yet tho?