He came to this miraculous mutual understanding that he had to step down. But the day before, less than 24 hours prior to that, the Prime Minister, outside the country, was fully supportive. He was fully supportive of Randy Boissonnault, whose integrity and character and reputation have been shoved down the proverbial toilet.
That's what this government does. They don't believe in accountability. No minister believes in accountability. That's why we definitely need to hear from Minister Guilbeault. As I've raised numerous times in the House and at committee, just the potential, whether it's real or whether it's potential, a potential influence, a potential benefit.... He still has shares in Cycle Capital. To have a minister conduct himself in that fashion, advise Cycle Capital for as long as he did and maintain the shares, knowing full well that Cycle Capital breached significant ethical rules in stealing taxpayer money, essentially, by funnelling it into their coffers, that benefits Minister Guilbeault, he has a lot of questions to answer. It's no small surprise that he is denying a willingness and an invitation to attend committee. That's why we have to bring in an appropriate motion.
That's why I thought there was value and merit in Mr. Cooper's original motion that this ought to be reported to the House. This behaviour needs to be reported to the House, as I'm now reporting it to Canadians who are watching this. This will be shared, because they are accountable to Canadians. They may think they're accountable to themselves, or beholden to themselves, or beholden to Justin Trudeau, but we are all servants of the people. We are here because constituents in our ridings place their trust in us. When you breach that trust and you show disrespect to not only your constituents but also taxpayers, there has to be consequences. Those consequences start with answering allegations and making them available for us to pursue an investigation.