Mr. Chair, the Prime Minister, when asked a question on Dr. Carty, actually said in the House of Commons that Dr. Carty was “an eminent Canadian who voluntarily took his retirement”.
The fact is, Mr. Chair, that Mr. Stanton, by going into a completely separate mandate that Dr. Carty has had, which has no relevance on his efficacy or responsibility as national science advisor, is conducting a witch hunt to try to distract the committee from the issue at hand, and that is the efficacy of the role of the national science advisor and the importance of that role.