Mr. Speaker, in any case, they did not listen to the key recommendation with regard to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
At the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, the Conservatives contributed to drafting and adopting the committee report, which suggested many ways to make government finances more transparent. The committee spent months and months working on this.
But yesterday, instead of standing up, doing their job and defending the report, the Conservatives supported an irresponsible amendment to shelve it and undo their own work.
Can any of the Conservative members of the committee explain this about-face?