Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'm glad to know that my colleague also wants Canadians to be able to see the contracts. I hope this will be reflected when we vote on the motion. This will give him the opportunity to withdraw his amendment. If he really wants Canadians to see the contracts, the way to do it is as described in the motion. It sets out a very clear and precise process to ensure that these documents are disclosed first and foremost here, to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. Then, if the documents are not produced in accordance with the motion, it provides that we will have recourse to the House to ensure that the Liberals do not once again shirk accountability.
The Liberals have accustomed us to this, since they do it regularly. I need only recall the famous saga of the National Microbiology Laboratory documents in Winnipeg. I can also mention the McKinsey documents. The Liberals take advantage of every loophole, no matter how small, to avoid making documents public and accountable to Canadians for their mismanagement and incompetence in awarding contracts. They'll do anything to avoid making contracts public.
My colleague talked about misinformation, but in the case of the issues we're currently dealing with, the misinformation came first and foremost from the Liberals. There's no doubt about that, and I can give some blatant examples. This is why we absolutely must defeat this amendment and adopt the motion as we have presented it.
I want to remind you of two things. First of all, two weeks ago, in Windsor, we learned that foreign replacement workers were going to be brought in, paid for by taxpayers. Who told us this? It was the chief of police, who was warned that 1,600 South Korean workers were coming to fill jobs that had been promised to Canadian workers.