I just wanted to speak briefly to a matter raised by Mr. Barsalou-Duval pertaining to the relevance of the witnesses.
I think, in the motion, the relevance of witness “a”, Andrée-Lise Méthot, is obvious; she's the person with the alleged conflict.
Witness “b”, Jayne Huntley, director of appointments with PCO, obviously had some involvement in appointing the person with the alleged conflict.
Witness “c”, Dominic LeBlanc, was the minister at the time and was in charge of this portfolio when the appointment took place.
I think, as Mr. Barsalou-Duval rightly said, the CEO of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, Mr. Ehren Cory, would be relevant.
I want to remind the committee that we're dealing with the mishandling of $42 million of taxpayer money. This is a very serious matter. SDTC was found in 90 conflicts of interest, yet this individual was appointed to the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and we know that $59 million was dispensed to fund 10 projects that were ineligible.
This is a very serious issue that taxpayers need answers to, and I encourage my colleagues to take it in that vein.
Thank you.