Michael Barrett at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On December 14th, 2023. See this statement in context.

December 14th, 2023 / 11:45 a.m.

Conservative

Michael Barrett Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON

That was not your testimony. You testified that they were all treated equally, but 5% and 10% are not equal. Neither was the amount of money that was paid out.

There are 229 companies in the SDTC portfolio, according to your testimony at the ethics committee. The RCGT report sampled only 22 companies and found $40 million in misappropriated funds. The whistle-blower who testified identified up to $150 million in misappropriated funds.

Are you confident that Canada's Auditor General will find that there were $0 in misappropriated funds at the $1-billion green slush fund?

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