I too would like to thank my colleague for her diligence in bringing forward this motion upon the revelations that we read in Mr. Curry's article. It's long, and there's a lot there. I think that when we first started this study, we absolutely believed that we weren't getting to the bottom of the story. I want to say to my colleagues that if you take a look at the article, you will see that there is a comment made that Ms. Dutt “questioned why the agency did not appear to take action in response to their first warnings — delivered in September, 2021 — and only moved [on the issue] after receiving their second report once ArriveCan had become a major public controversy” last fall through this committee. I think we did some good work. I think it absolutely shone a light on some things.
The last comment I would make is that at the end of this article, she is quoted again as saying that she understands that “speaking out could mean their federal funding will dry up and they are taking a big risk without knowing how it will turn out.” She said:
This is about something that affects every single Canadian, every single taxpayer dollar that is taken from...hardworking Canadians who are already struggling financially, that is given and spent through contractors through improper means. And I think that Canadians have a right to know what’s going on with their hard-earned money.
I'll leave it there and again thank my colleague and all my colleagues on this committee for the work that we've done and hopefully will continue to do.