Mr. Speaker, before I ask my colleague a question, I would like to share a troubling situation that happened in my northern riding.
The Mathias Colomb first nation learned from media reports that tents had been produced for it, but they were not what the first nation had specifically requested from the department. Once the matter was made public, we learned that a well-connected Liberal was linked to the company in question. He has since stepped down, fortunately, but the money has already been spent and we are still waiting for answers. This is another example of public funds being mismanaged, which has real consequences for a very vulnerable community like this remote first nation in my riding.
Does my colleague think that this example, like so many others, reinforces the urgent need for a committee tasked with examining how this government spends public money in first nations and across the rest of Canada?