Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would also like to thank our guests today. I hope they will come back to see us very soon because their knowledge of their files makes them indispensable to all parliamentarians around this table.
I would now like to move the following motion, of which I gave notice last week:
That the committee order the production, by no later then Friday, April 8, 2022, of a copy of all documents, signed or unsigned, related to the negotiation of the coalition agreement between the Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party, or what the Prime Minister refers to as a “supply and confidence agreement”, including any documents which record or demonstrate an understanding between the parties as to how the coalition commitments will be interpreted, and that the committee report these documents to the House.
I feel an obligation to move my motion given the way the events of March 22 unfolded, when the Prime Minister told Canadians about his alliance with the NDP. That alliance will push the government to engage in expenditures the extent of which we cannot even imagine.
As parliamentarians and members of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, we have a duty to ensure that government contracts, procurement and expenditures are appropriate. That is part of the committee's mandate. That is why I humbly move this motion, hoping that my colleagues will support it fully.