Thank you, Mr. Chair.
MP Michael Cooper has done a marvellous job of recapping some of the events that led this committee to, back in September 2024, unanimously vote to condemn the blatant disregard of taxpayer funds. They called on the government to recover the erroneously awarded funds. It was a unanimous decision of this committee, for those of you who might have been here at that time. They unanimously condemned the blatant disregard of taxpayer money, and they voted that the government should recover those funds.
It's particularly egregious that the Liberal government appointed board members to the sustainable development technology program—more commonly known as the green slush fund—who would have put themselves into such a precarious conflict of interest position. In the instances that Mr. Cooper has already identified, there were 90 cases in which board members of the green slush fund participated and voted in a discussion about a contract, despite being in a conflict of interest.
There were also serious governance issues found.