Why are we picking 2015, when we know the organization has been around since 2001? This organization has existed for 22 years, and it seems that for 2015 the only rationale I can see is the correspondence when our federal government came into place under Liberal leadership. I would say that makes it look like it's biased towards trying to dig up some dirt on a Liberal government. We've heard opposition members on the Conservative side repeatedly say things that are untrue.
I would note for the record that Annette Verschuren was appointed by Brian Mulroney, Stephen Harper, and at least three times by Jim Flaherty, my predecessor, for different positions. With the claim that this is a Green-Liberal slush fund, as Mr. Barrett has claimed in the House of Commons multiple times, this starts to look like it's very much fishing for some goods on the government.
I think we need to consider the dates and timelines and go back to the beginning.
Mr. Chair, I know that the meeting had a hard stop at 6:38, but I'm happy to stick around if this is really what we want to be doing.