Thank you very much, Chair.
I'm just reviewing the text of the motion, and I can't help but think about how many different versions of the same motion we've been trying to get through this committee, specifically with respect to Minister Guilbeault. I know that last month we voted and the motion did not pass to include Minister Guilbeault. I'm not sure what he has to contribute.
I've been sitting here over these 22 meetings we've had on this specific issue, and I can't help but see how many repeated questions there are. It seems like your neighbour's cousin's friend's dog sitter is somehow related to what we're studying here. The fact that we are going down this path really makes me think about the government resources that we spend on this. It really makes me think about all of the extra redundancy that we're seeing on different committees, whether it's this one, INDU, OGGO or so many others. The Conservatives keep trying to tie this to the Prime Minister. I think the fact that over 22, 23 or 24 meetings later they still haven't been able to do so is quite telling.
We can absolutely go down this path. I'm sure that Minister Guilbeault will come here. He will have lots of great things to say. He'll have a good-news story about how the clean-tech sector is really propping up Canada's economy and how we're doing well in that sector. I think he will have good-news stories to tell about how SDTC has, over this decade, been able to prop up that sector and how that transition is going to be good for transparency, how it's going to be good for accountability and how it's going to be good for that sector, but I don't think that's what the Conservatives want to really hear. I don't think they want to hear the good-news stories at all. I think they're really in the mindset of finding any way to tear Canada down, regardless of how they do it. What they're trying to achieve here, and how, is really disappointing.
There is no evidence. This committee is not a courtroom. We should leave it up to the people who make the decisions as to how this should happen and leave it to their independence as to how this is going to happen. We are not in that business. We are in the business of ensuring what happens going forward. We are in the business of ensuring that there is increased transparency, that there is increased accountability and that we are doing right by our institutions and continuing to build public trust within our institutions and amongst Canadians as well.
I find that this motion is redundant. It has already been discussed and passed. I'm surprised, Chair, that you did not rule it out of order, because it addresses the exact same issues that we have discussed here over these past 23 or 24 meetings we've now had on this issue. I'm hoping we can move on to more important issues that this committee has on its agenda at this point in time, and I'm sure Mr. Desjarlais would agree that we do have some very important reports we need to get to so that we can continue to do the work that Canadians expect us to do. This is absolutely not it.
Thanks, Chair.