Thank you, Mr. Chair.
On the amendment, there seems to be a little confusion because Minister Champagne's name was mentioned. We still have an existing study motion. This is a supplement to it.
The existing study motion has François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Industry, and Simon Kennedy, the deputy minister. It has Francis Bilodeau, the ADM at Innovation, Science and Technology. It has Paul Boothe, the current acting chair. The other ones are in addition to those on my motion. It has Ziyad Rahme, who is, as you know, the acting president. These are already on that. There are some people from PCO as well.
This list is in addition to, not as a substitution for, that previous motion on the existing study. I have no issues with the amendment, but I'd like to see it just to make sure I understand what it is.
However, just by way of explanation on Minister Guilbeault, he indeed does have quite a bit to do with this, because before he was elected, he was the in-house lobbyist for 10 years and is the primary beneficiary of the green slush fund. Also, in his public declarations on his conflict of interest, he lists still being a shareholder in Cycle Capital. He did not divest himself from the primary beneficiary of the Liberal green slush fund when he became a minister, and since he's become a minister, the value of Cycle Capital has tripled with the amount of money that's been going into it.
That's the rationale for it. Obviously, I would prefer to have him, but if the committee doesn't feel that way, I guess we'll see that in the amendment.
I probably can't ask a question, but I just want a clarification. The suggestion is to add the RCMP in before it says “Auditor General”. Is that correct?