Pat Kelly
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering federal politics, Pat Kelly worked in the real estate industry for over two decades. He was a real estate broker and reportedly owned his own brokerage firm. Public disclosures filed with the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner show that he has held various investments, including publicly traded securities in financial and energy companies.
Key Relationships & Connections
Within the Conservative Party, Pat Kelly has served in roles that connect him to party leadership. Under former leader Erin O'Toole, he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Small Business and Western Economic Diversification. He has also been a long-serving member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, where he has worked on economic policy alongside MPs from different parties.
Public Controversies
In 2016, Pat Kelly was the subject of media reports regarding his expense claims. It was reported that he claimed thousands of dollars in per diems for meals and other expenses while in Ottawa, even though he owned a home in the city. In response to the reports, Kelly stated that the claims were permitted under the rules for Members of Parliament and were intended to help cover the costs of maintaining a second residence required for his work.
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Pat Kelly won with 39,971 votes (58.8%)
Total votes cast: 67,935
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I have a subamendment to this amendment. I move that the amendment be subamended by replacing proposed paragraph 11(4)(c) with the following: (c) include an estimate of the fiscal impact of the application of this section; and (d) describe the methodology and data sources used to assess the impacts referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).
Before we proceed to that, I think Mr. Lawrence will speak to it. You were awfully quick to ask the question. For the practice of committee and the rules and practice that we normally follow, when you announced—
I was listening to Mr. Turnbull. He did point out—and it's true—that we just voted down an extension of the excise relief, plus other measures. However, is he now saying it's the government's position to absolutely shut the door on such an extension? The argument made by the government is that these prices are volatile and we don't know how long these prolonged high world crude prices will
C-30 I move that Bill, in clause 3, be amended by adding after line 14 on page 2 the following: (2) Without delay after the day on which this section comes into force and every year after that, the Minister of National Revenue in collaboration with the Minister of Finance must publish a report in respect of the previous year on the number of qualifying business transfers that have resulted in a
Again, for added clarity, I had not suggested that the government announced this particular measure as a catch-all solution to the housing crisis. I referred to the since-abandoned program in 2019. I make the contrast here. The important reason that's relevant is that, in that case, they just abandoned it after such a strong and forceful announcement on it, and the point is that we need to be
That was pretty quick.
I'm sorry. Are you talking about clause 7 or the amendment?
I as well would like to get some thoughts on this on the record. In one of the arguments when we debated this in the House of Commons in an opposition motion and in the debate on the bill itself and the policy, we were told that the relatively short time horizon on the excise removal—just over the summer—was there because the prices were so volatile that the government didn't know if the price