Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I apologize to the witnesses, but because of the timing of this situation, this motion is being brought forward.
I know that many times people have talked to me about the carbon tax. They say, “If we get 90% of this money back, where does the last 10% go?” I did tell them it's supposed to be to lower environmental emissions or to come up with better ways to protect the environment, and yet now you start hearing that it's more of just a slush fund for the Liberal Party to pay to insiders. That's what makes me think that it's quite a disturbing situation. We need to start making sure we're accountable.
There seem to have been so many issues coming out over the last number of years, issues of money that's been spent inappropriately. Mr. Tochor has mentioned several times how our universities and our research facilities have all been looking to have more money available to them. There's money sitting there to make the environment a lot better, but what ends up happening is that the money is paid out only to people who are supporting the Liberal government. That's why I really think we need to look at this motion and get down to the base of it, because it's dealing with people who could be getting this money for science and research. We definitely need to support this motion and move it forward.
I'll keep my statement brief, Mr. Chair.