I'm going to call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 131 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
When the meeting adjourned last Tuesday, we were debating an amendment that had been moved by Mr. Caputo to the motion moved by Mr. Barrett, as amended.
I'm just going to review for everybody where we are. The motion as amended is the following:
Given that:
The Prime Minister recently appointed Mark Carney as the chair of the Liberal Party's Task Force on Economic Growth;
Mark Carney is the chair of Brookfield Corporation, a multinational investment management company that owns Sagen, the second-largest mortgage insurer in Canada;
On the first day of Mark Carney's appointment, the Liberal government announced major changes to the regulation of mortgage insurance in Canada, allowing for bigger and longer loans;
This tremendously benefited Brookfield, evidenced by their stock price hitting a six-month high; and that Jenni Byrne, who is the well-known special adviser to Pierre Poilievre as well as a registered lobbyist for grocery multinational Loblaws at a time that the Poilievre Conservatives are voting against every Liberal government measure to make grocery prices more affordable for Canadians; Jenni Byrne, who regularly attends caucus meetings and daily morning strategy calls, is not listed as an employee in Pierre Poilievre's office to shield her from public disclosure and conflict of interest laws; Jenni Byrne established a second lobbying firm working from the same office as Jenni Byrne + Associates to circumvent federal lobbying laws;
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee call upon Mark Carney and Jenni Byrne to testify before the committee in relation to this apparent conflict of interest for two hours each within 14 calendar days of the adoption....
Then, there was an amendment moved by Mr. Caputo.