Yes, absolutely. That's why it was a very welcome announcement here at committee.
I want to be clear, because we heard from the minister, over and over again, that Minister Boissonnault's company, Global Health Imports, was not on the IBD. That's not the point. The point that his company was not on the list is not the main issue here.
The main issue is that we have a parliamentarian, a cabinet minister, who has misled his caucus, has misled the cabinet, has misled parliamentarians and has misled Canadians in an attempt to defraud the government out of money that was intended to go to an indigenous-owned company. It was intended for indigenous-owned companies. It's a small set-aside.
We were very genuine, I believe all of us around this table, when we agreed to undertake this study on indigenous procurement and to get to the bottom of what was happening. We've heard from many witnesses, many indigenous organizations and witnesses, who have identified for us that there is indeed fraudulent activity taking place within this program.
I'm going to state it very clearly. The Liberal members around this table and Liberal members in the Liberal caucus cannot claim that this is a serious issue and that it must be looked into and then not deal with their own colleague who has admitted to misleading Canadians, who has admitted to misleading Parliament and who, by the Minister of Indigenous Services' own admission and testimony, is involved in fraudulent activity by the very nature of admitting that he misled Canadians by telling them that he was indigenous when he was not.
That is the issue that is before us. It is our duty to hold a member of Parliament, to hold a member of cabinet, to account when they lie about who they are, specifically to defraud Canadians out of their hard-earned taxpayer money and to defraud a program that was intended for somebody other than themselves.
I would ask that every member around this table support this motion so that we can demonstrate to Canadians that we are willing to take this situation seriously and that we do not support what this individual has done and the misrepresentation of his office and the authority he has. I would call upon all members to support this motion and call for the resignation of Randy Boissonnault immediately.