Thanks very much, Chair.
I appreciate Mr. Green's comments. Look, the biggest challenge that is presented by a minister of the Crown, a minister for the Government of Canada, in this situation—aside from the discomfort and what I think is in bad taste, a lot of it as I described—is that this isn't an independent organization, and you have the top people from this government working hand in glove with it in this fashion. The transparency that we're used to here, aside from whatever characterizations or analysis we want to make about the structure there....
You talk about what changes there have or haven't been over the last couple of years. There haven't been any elections. We know that. This is a committee that a minister of the Crown is sitting on that is controlled by a foreign government. The conflict that's presented is that the interests of this organization are not in the environment or in addressing global climate change. It's in whatever the political desires are of the CCP.
That's not clear when you go to their website. It takes some examination. You need to parse out who these people are, who they represent and what they're doing. Bringing Canada there, with respect to the other motion you spoke to, to greenwash is 100% what they're trying to do with their image.
What I would like to see, and I hope the committee will take the opportunity to do it, is that we speak with the minister about this perceived conflict and his ability to represent Canadians while acting on this organization that is clearly under the control of the CCP. It's not an altruistic organization that's looking to meaningfully reduce the emissions in China. They're not gathering our best practices. They're dining out on Canada's reputation. That's a problem.