Thank you, Mr. Chair.
On October 22, I brought forward a motion for study. It reads as follows:
That pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), this Committee undertake a study into issues of conflict of interest and the Lobbying Act in relation to pandemic spending;
that this study continue our work relating to the Canada Student Service Grant, including this committee's work to review the safeguards to prevent conflicts of interest in federal government expenditures; government spending, WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant; and the administration of the Canada Student Service Grant and WE Charity;
and, that this study include:
(a) an examination into MCAP and Rob Silver's involvement with the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program;
(b) the consideration of all aspects of the government's involvement with Baylis Medical Company Inc., as well as former Liberal Member of Parliament Frank Baylis, including the awarding of a procurement contract for medical devices;
(c) an examination into Palantir Canada's relationship with the government including the breach of the Conflict of Interest Act by its president and former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton;
(d) an examination of the use of partisan resources and processes in the appointment of federal judges that may have constituted violations of the privacy rights of nominees; and
that the Committee, report its findings to the House with recommendations to better permit the government to conduct the business of government with public confidence in its integrity.
I hope I get the support of my colleagues for this motion. We have been over a month debating how we're going to get to work and we haven't actually gotten to work. I think that we need to clear up a number of outstanding issues. Particularly, we had begun the WE Charity study; and we never finished it, and we have an obligation. I'm a stickler that when we put resources into a study, we finish that study and report it to Parliament.
We had talked with the government about a committee to address pandemic spending issues, and that had not come forward. I believe if my colleagues are willing to work with me, we can get this motion passed and get down to business and get a report to Parliament as soon as we can get this report finished.
I'm hoping to get support for this motion.