Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, Minister, for being with us here today.
Yesterday we had a historic day in Canada. We had an instance that has not occurred in over 100 years: A private citizen was called to the bar of the House of Commons and was reprimanded for not responding to questions that had been asked of him.
Of course I'm referring to Kristian Firth, one member of the two-person GC Strategies company. They were responsible and were the main vendors in the ArriveCAN scandal for a $60-million app. A minimum of $60 million was spent on the ArriveCAN app. In fact, there are individuals who state that they could have made this app for $80,000, but Kristian Firth, the person I'm referring to here today, and GC Strategies made $19 million, as far as is known currently, off the ArriveCAN app.
My colleague, in the first round of questioning for Mr. Firth, asked Mr. Firth directly if the Government of Canada—at a time when there is a $52.9-billion deficit and when Canadians are struggling—had asked Mr. Firth and GC Strategies to repay these funds to Canadians. His response was no.
I am asking you, please, Minister Anand, if you have asked GC Strategies and Kristian Firth for this money back for Canadians from the ArriveCAN app and from GC Strategies. Have you asked for this money back, Minister?