Greg McLean
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Greg McLean had a career in finance spanning over 20 years. He worked as a financial advisor and portfolio manager. He is reportedly the founder and managing director of Criterium Group, a corporate finance and merchant banking firm. According to his disclosures to the Ethics Commissioner, he has held interests in Criterium Merchant Capital Inc. and has also declared various publicly traded securities.
Key Relationships & Connections
As a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party, Greg McLean is part of the national caucus. Under leader Pierre Poilievre, he has served as the Shadow Minister for Treasury Board. Previously, under former leader Erin O'Toole, he was the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources. McLean was also reportedly among the Conservative MPs who signed a letter calling for a leadership review of Erin O'Toole in 2022, which ultimately led to O'Toole's removal as party leader.
Public Controversies
Greg McLean faced public scrutiny in 2021 after reports revealed he had hired his sister to work in his constituency office. While hiring certain family members was permitted under House of Commons rules at the time, the practice was criticized by some as a form of nepotism. The rules regarding the hiring of family members by MPs have since been tightened. In 2023, McLean's expense claims also drew media attention. Reports highlighted that he had claimed significant amounts for per diems, which are meant to cover meal and incidental costs while in Ottawa. The claims were made during periods when the House of Commons was sitting in a hybrid format or not sitting at all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. McLean stated that the expenses were permissible under the rules for MPs who must maintain a secondary residence in the National Capital Region.
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Mr. Speaker, we have talked about the operating balance. I have pointed out a bunch of numbers that were part of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report. Fiscal capacity is there until it is not. Suddenly, it all turns around overnight, and it turned around when Jean Chrétien was Prime Minister. I pointed out the example. It happens very suddenly when the IMF, the International Monetary Fund,
Mr. Speaker, the issue is that there is one pool of money in the world but a whole bunch of people dipping into it. As I pointed out, in Canada we have federal government debt, we have provincial government debt, we have consumer debt and we have corporate debt. All of these are in the same debt pool, so when there is a risk, it all goes up. When it all goes up, inflation happens. Inflation is
Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I do not know what that adds to the debate here, and quite frankly, I think it is a bit of name-calling.
Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my colleague's speech. As noted, she is somebody who has a background in chemical engineering. I have always appreciated that about her, as well as her ability to get facts, figures and everything else. She talked in her speech about the increases in oil, gas and mining that are going to happen here, and of all the sensors that are going to have to be part and parcel
Madam Speaker, barely a day goes by without the Liberal government's making an announcement of billions of dollars of new spending. Press releases are issued, media content is bought, consultants are paid and dollars go out the door immediately, yet results for Canadians are years away, if at all. The bulk of this announced spending is part of no budget plan. This is government by blank cheque.
Madam Speaker, I would like my colleague to address what happened yesterday in relation to Maritime Launch Services. The RCMP raided an operation in Quebec, Lion, that has shown exactly the government's template for how it actually funnels government money, taxpayer money, to individuals it favours. How this relates to Maritime Launch Services is that it has taken two years for Lion to be
Madam Speaker, a sign of a strong economy must be how much the government can give people because they cannot afford to pay their own bills. Prime Minister The economistpromised Canadians two things: to balance the budget by 2029 and to maintain a declining debt-to-GDP ratio. He is failing badly at both. To quote the PBO report, “the two fiscal anchors have imposed limited fiscal discipline on
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minister Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, that has become the Liberal template: pump taxpayer funds into companies connected to Liberal friends, watch millions get extracted by insiders and hope the public is not paying attention when the bankruptcy follows. This level of incompetence earned thea promotion from the. minister Will the Liberals take this opportunity to come clean and release the
Madam Speaker, I rise today to raise what I have raised in this House many times: the problem with Canada's mounting debt. We talked about this back in the spring when I last asked a question about it. I have since heard throughout the summer about all kinds of spending the government wants to do that was not part of the $65-billion deficit that it indicated in last year's spring update. Prime