I just want to reply to Ms. Jaczek's comments.
With the greatest of respect, I have a completely different perspective on this. Waiting until after a deal is signed, until it's all signed, sealed and delivered and money is flowing, would be too late.
If indeed there's nothing to worry about here and everything makes sense and is defensible for the government, well then the project will proceed. If there's something egregious, some kind of questionable arrangement or some kind of drastically below-market rate or something...as we've seen with other examples.
We saw $12 million go to Loblaws. This government gave a multi-billion dollar grocery company $12 million to replace their fridges. It was too late to do anything about it. The money was already spent. Then, $15 million went to Mastercard to help a credit card company that makes billions of dollars off the backs of working Canadians who can't pay their full balances.
I would respectfully, not just suggest, but insist, that this is the type of thing that needs to be disclosed before it's too late. This committee provides oversight. This committee holds this minister to account. This committee has a right to know what the government is intending to do. Too often, it's too late once these things are already all signed, sealed and set in stone.