If the Conservatives want me to repeat what I said in French in the name of official languages, I'll do it.
The RCMP is looking for evidence, not from the Liberal Party, the Bloc Québécois or the NDP, but from the Conservative Party, of course.
This reeks of corruption. The Conservative Party worked very hard to circumvent the laws. Who is in charge of all this? It's obviously the new leader of the Conservative Party, Mr. Poilievre, who I know is doing a lot to protect taxpayers. He's the only leader I know who moved from Ottawa to Ottawa. He sold his house to move to a taxpayer-funded house.
I'm going to come back to the subject, Mr. Chair, but we're talking about corruption. We're talking about misspent dollars, so let's talk about the dollars that were misspent. At least when I look at Ms. Sinclair‑Desgagné, I can say that her former leader, Gilles Duceppe, never had the audacity to move to Stornoway; he even lived very far from Stornoway. However, Pierre Poilievre moved from Ottawa to Ottawa to spend thousands of dollars. I don't need to remind Mr. Cannings, because Mr. Charlie Angus often reminds the House how many thousands of dollars have been spent.
Mr. Chair, you were the president of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. I know you're outraged by that. You can't say that right now, and I understand that very well.
For all Canadians, I'll now come back to what we want to know, which is the truth. We agree on that. We're not shutting down this debate. There have been a number of studies at the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. In fact, the same committee members on the other side were at the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
The majority of the committee agrees to have Zoë Kolbuc appear; she testified at the last meeting. We also want to invite Leah Lawrence back, and we agree on that. We also agree on summoning the minister once again, because he does indeed have to be accountable, even though no testimony has established a direct link between the minister and SDTC, Sustainable Development Technology Canada. There was no testimony that made that connection. Several opinions have been expressed in the media, such as those of Brian Lilley of the Toronto Sun, but no testimony or evidence has shown a connection between the minister and SDTC. Despite that, I agree that the minister must come and be accountable before the committee. That's why we brought this motion forward.
However, there's another report in the works, which brings me back to the amendment that the Conservative Party has just proposed. The Conservative Party members proposed this amendment saying that they didn't want this study to end, knowing full well that other Auditor General's reports will be tabled as of December 2, next Monday.
I'm asking the members of the Conservative Party how many more meetings they want to hold as part of this study. Also, will these meetings be used to make more videos like the ones they made here, when the meetings were suspended? We've seen them on a number of occasions. Some members on the other side have encouraged people to call our offices. However, that will do nothing to help the committee get to the bottom of the truth, which is the purpose of this committee. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts has never been partisan. So let's agree on that.
The majority of the committee agrees to hear from certain witnesses. However, it's the Conservative Party that's filibustering, as it's doing in the House. Nothing has changed since then.
Mr. Chair, I'm ready to vote now, to welcome the witness now, and to move so that we can get to the bottom of this matter.
So I'm ready to vote now. If the Conservative Party is ready, let's go ahead and vote, and we can hear from the witness right away.
Thank you very much.