Sébastien Lemire at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 18th, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 18th, 2021 / 11:30 a.m.

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Sébastien Lemire Bloc Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

So we gather that the government wasted time or improvised before it called on you.

Let's move on.

Between June 2020 and August 2020, the committee's activities remained basically secret. You met for six weeks and you made recommendations to the federal government, but neither the public nor its elected representatives knew the composition of the committee.

Who was sitting on the committee and with which companies were they associated? Why did that remain secret for six weeks? Were mechanisms to prevent conflicts of interest established at that time?

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