Evidence of meeting #36 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was transparency.
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Liberal
Conservative
The Chair Conservative John Brassard
You're over time, but if you have one quick question, I'll give you that time.
Liberal
John-Paul Danko Liberal Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, ON
No, I'm good. That was an excellent answer, thank you.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative John Brassard
Thank you, Mr. Danko.
I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today—Elsa, Nejla and Pauline.
As I noted earlier, I have made notes of the times of the questions of Mr. Majumdar and Mr. Sari. We will be following that up with the clerk, so you'll get an email. I know an hour passes by really quickly. If there is any more information you would like to provide to the committee that will be helpful in the study, I invite you to do that as well.
Thank you again. I'm going to dismiss you.
Mr. Barrett, go ahead.
Conservative
Michael Barrett Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes, ON
It's Thursday afternoon. We moved a motion on Monday with respect to the question of a conflict of interest raised by the finance minister. He said that he couldn't participate in matters related to Alto because of his relationship with a senior executive there. After moving a motion calling for the commissioner, the minister and the CEO to come to committee, we saw a filibuster that went on for more than 12 hours, led by the Liberals.
I'm going to give the opportunity to do the right thing, again. I'm going to seek unanimous consent, Chair, for this motion:
That the committee undertake a study into the connection between the Minister of Finance and National Revenue and Alto, and the minister's claims that he has recused himself from decisions his government made related to Alto; and that, for the purpose of this study, the committee invite the following witnesses to appear by May 8, 2026:
1. Konrad von Finckenstein, Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, for two hours;
2. executives from Alto, including CEO Martin Imbleau, for two hours; and
3. the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, for two hours.
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Michael Barrett Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes, ON
Shockingly, it's denied by the Liberals.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative John Brassard
Okay. Thank you, Mr. Barrett.
That concludes today's meeting. I am advising committee members that I have scheduled time for committee business tomorrow morning at 8:15 until midnight tomorrow night. You'll get the notice soon.
This meeting is adjourned.