Madam Speaker, Sustainable Development Technology Canada was a federal foundation funded by over a billion dollars of taxpayers' money. It violated its own conflict of interest policies 186 times, awarded $76 million in contracts inappropriately and awarded $59 million to 10 separate projects that were clearly ineligible. In 63 separate instances, directors of the program voted in favour of payments to companies in which they had an interest.
Parliament has made a reasonable request for the government to help the ongoing RCMP investigation by handing over documents to Parliament. However, the government has refused. The obstruction has grinded Parliament to a halt. It is time to axe the tax, cut the corruption and call an election.