Thank you for the answer.
Mr. Chair, during my last appearance at this committee, I tabled a notice of motion, and I would now like us to debate the motion. I will read it out once more to remind everyone of the motion in question:
Whereas, in the context of the study on the “Drivers Inc.” model conducted by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN), the Canada Truck Operators Association (CTOA) is the only organization to have expressed explicit support for this model; Whereas the CTOA is the only organization to have refused to provide its membership list to the TRAN committee as part of the study;
Whereas numerous Liberal elected officials and ministers have repeatedly appeared with members of the CTOA at public events or lobbying activities, including the organization's founding gala in 2023;
Whereas a Liberal minister prohibited the use of the term “Driver Inc.” at the request of the CTOA;
Whereas the chair of the TRAN committee attended a CTOA event where he was featured as one of the two headliners;
Whereas Tejpreet Dulat, the CTOA's spokesperson, has been involved with the Liberal Party of Canada since 2015 and played a direct role in electing Mark Carney as Member of Parliament for Nepean and as Prime Minister;
And whereas about 10 active members of the CTOA have contributed to the LPC's election fund by providing over $100,000 to the party since 2015;
That the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics undertake a study on the links between the LPC and the CTOA.
Mr. Chair, allow me to say what the motion is all about.