This motion arises from a response from Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly to an Order Paper question brought by Conservative member Luc Berthold, who asked ISED for an accounting of how many monies have been recouped: How many taxpayer dollars have been recouped by the government?
In reply to Mr. Berthold's Order Paper question, the minister acknowledged that there were five ineligible projects totalling $34 million and the Liberals had...the minister had decided not to recover those monies—