Oh, I have lots of free advice, and lots of questions.
Getting back to this for the third time, the government has listed on their website, with the finance minister unavailable, the industry minister, who of course is embroiled in the green slush fund. If Canadians are wondering what that is, it's what has tied up Parliament for I think 10 weeks now. This committee has ordered, Parliament has ordered, that documents regarding the green slush fund, specifically around Minister Champagne and his predecessor, be tabled. The government is blocking that. The minister embroiled in the slush fund is next on the list to deliver the fall economic statement. Of course, he famously refused. I don't blame him, and I find it curious.
Who was next on the list? It was Randy Boissonnault. I have to question the competence. Surely someone would have said, “Who's next on the list after Minister Champagne?” There are lots of people in Finance and in the government. There are lots of paid political staffers and exempt staffers. Surely someone should have said, “Hey, isn't this the same Randy that just got thrown out of cabinet for falsely claiming indigenous status?”
Of course, someone could have said that he was thrown out of cabinet for continuing his business with Mr. Anderson, or perhaps it was one of the other reasons he was thrown out of cabinet. Surely someone should have known, in crisis mode, when they were going through the list, that maybe they should put someone else on the list.
There are even some qualified members at this table who could have read the fall economic statement quite competently. I mean that sincerely. Surely someone—