Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
I have two things I'd like to address while I have the floor.
The first comes in the context of media reports this week and with the backdrop of the cost of living crisis that's facing Canadians. We learned that whistle-blowers have raised serious questions about $38 million of the spending on a $1-billion government program. That's just what's been revealed so far, obviously, through these whistle-blower accounts that have been reported in the media.
This is, again, with the backdrop of this cost of living crisis and this national debt that's growing at a record pace. Inflation is at a 40-year high. We have Canadians who are facing mortgage payments; they are facing rent payments that have doubled over the last eight years. Food price inflation is driving record food bank use. Seven million Canadians are using the food bank, and one-third of those food bank users are children.
Canadians need to know that the public purse is being properly tended to and that every dollar is being accounted for.
I have a motion that I would like to give notice of:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), and in light of the new information revealed through whistle-blower complaints regarding the $1-billion fund awarded by the government to Sustainable Development Technology Canada to deliver taxpayer money to the green tech sector, the committee dedicate six meetings to this matter and hear testimony from the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, the Minister of Environment, and the Minister of Finance; and that the committee order the government to produce all documents related to this program, including emails, briefing notes, text messages, contracts, funding agreements, memorandums of understanding and any other documents that the government has related to this program.
That's what I'd like to put on notice.
While I—