Madam Speaker, using the language used by the member for Hamilton Centre, what I do find highly suspicious is that a committee ordered that the government turn over all documents and emails between former minister Bains, the PMO, the Department of Industry and the PCO with respect to the appointment of the conflict-ridden chair, Annette Verschuren, and surprise, not a single communication, not a single email can be found. We are talking about a government appointment hand-picked by the minister involving overseeing $1 billion in taxpayer money. It simply, on its face, does not pass the smell test. It is all the more suspicious given what we learned last week, which is that an IT official within this government was working to destroy emails to cover up the government's $60-million arrive scam.
In the House of Commons on October 28th, 2024. See this statement in context.