Michael Cooper
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Business & Financial Interests
Before being elected to Parliament, Michael Cooper worked as a civil litigation lawyer. He reportedly practiced law for several years after graduating from the University of Alberta.
Key Relationships & Connections
Michael Cooper is known to be a close political ally of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Cooper served as a co-chair for Poilievre's successful leadership campaign in 2022. He has also held roles in the Conservative shadow cabinet, including as the Shadow Minister for Democratic Reform, placing him in the party's inner circle.
Public Controversies
In 2019, during a Justice Committee meeting on online hate, Michael Cooper read into the record a portion of the manifesto from the Christchurch mosque shooter while questioning a Muslim community leader. This action drew widespread condemnation, and then-Conservative leader Andrew Scheer removed him from the committee. Cooper later issued a public apology for his comments. In 2022, Cooper was reportedly removed by security from the House of Commons gallery just before a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Media reports indicated the incident was related to a dispute over an unaccredited guest he was accompanying.
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Michael Cooper won with 49,216 votes (63.9%)
Total votes cast: 76,961
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Mr. Chair, in backdating the lease to April 2025, the Liberals handed Maritime Launch Services $20 million for no work and no value to taxpayers. Why?
Mr. Chair, I will put it to the minister. This is about rewarding Liberal insiders. Is that not what is going on?
Mr. Chair, to review the inconvenient facts for the minister, we have a nearly bankrupt company that has no track record of launching anything into space flipping Crown land back to the taxpayers for a 1,300% profit. How does any of that make sense?
Mr. Chair, the lease was backdated to April 2025. An independent auditor's report revealed that Maritime Launch Services was not a going concern and that they were on the verge of bankruptcy. Is the real reason the lease was backdated to bail out a nearly bankrupt company? Is that not what happened?
Mr. Chair, in 10 years, how many successful space launches has Maritime Launch Services undertaken?
Mr. Chair, why would the Liberals enter into a lease for a so-called spaceport with a nearly bankrupt company?
Mr. Chair, in March, the Liberals entered into a $200-million lease for a so-called spaceport with a company called Maritime Launch Services. The lease was backdated by one full year to April 1, 2025. Why?
Mr. Chair, the answer is zero. They have zero track record of launching anything into space. The Liberals are paying Maritime Launch Services $20 million a year to lease land that Maritime Launch Services does not even own, which they are leasing from the Province of Nova Scotia for less than $14,000 a year. They are then flipping it to the federal government, earning a 1,300% profit. Is that
Minister of Justice Mr. Chair, is it a coincidence that the formal Liberal premier of Nova Scotia sits on the advisory board and the chief lobbyist is none other than a former senior staffer to the current? How else does a nearly bankrupt—
health minister Mr. Speaker, the Liberal's PrescribeIT program has been a total debacle, costing taxpayers $300 million for a program that effectively no one used and that the government has since been forced to cancel. We have learned that the CEO of the program was being paid $1 million a year, including pocketing a $215,000 bonus. This happened under the's watch. Will she accept
minister Mr. Speaker, the previous government is the same old Liberal government, and the buck stops with the. However, the minister has admitted that she asked no questions as 300 million tax dollars went up in smoke. In addition to the CEO, several other executives were paid handsomely and walked away with $60,000- and $70,000-bonuses. minister Who else got rich while taxpayers got hosed as
The practical challenge is that monies could be funnelled or directed to third parties, just as they can be today. For third parties subject to the exception, the same loopholes would exist.