Madam Speaker, I did not quite hear a question in there, so I will just say that the oldest trick in the book is to set up an arm's-length agency and appoint all of one's friends and insiders, who all have conflicts of interest, to the board. That then gives politicians the ability to say, “Well, it was not me. It was all my friends whom I appointed.” As for the second part of the hon. member's statement, good people cannot stand idly by and let this corruption and criminal activity go on. When we have honest, hard-working civil servants who come to work every day and do an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, and they see all of these corrupt Liberals helping themselves to taxpayers' money, they cannot—
In the House of Commons on October 4th, 2024. See this statement in context.