Rick Perkins at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 8th, 2024. See this statement in context.

May 8th, 2024 / 5:50 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

You're here with regard to the estimates.

You suspended the funding, yet the estimates that were tabled in Parliament for this fiscal year allocate another $191 million to the green slush fund, which you have suspended because of suspicions about the corruption of the directors.

Why, as minister, did you go and try to get another $191 million for this corrupt organization?

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