I'll move it closer.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think this is an important issue. We dealt with it some time ago in the belief that there could be the result that needed to happen, which we asked for. It's the media that has pointed this out and has brought it up again. That's why, when the media is paying attention to something that we did back some time ago....
They brought up the story about how this hasn't been followed through on, and the challenge it's creating for us in the sense of what Mr. Marouf has done, what he did so wrong and the grant that was given to him to continue that kind of work. The request for the return of that money is critical, by any means.
That is the only penalty we can place on him as a committee, and I think that's something that has to be done because what was done and the granting of it was wrong. We, as a committee, made a decision to force the return of that grant. I think it is important for Canadians to understand that we're following up on that.
It didn't happen, and we're taking a position again to follow up on that.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.