Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate everybody wanting to hear me from the top. It means that it must be really riveting and that they are enjoying my words. I appreciate that. I would have loved the opportunity to start from the top, but I will continue from the quote.
It is a great quote. This is right from the whistle-blower who worked there:
The true failure of the situation stands at the feet of our current government...
I am sure the government wanted to hear that a second time.
...whose decision to protect wrongdoers and cover up their findings over the last 12 months is a serious indictment of how our democratic systems and institutions are being corrupted by political interference. It should never have taken two years for the issues to reach this point. What should have been a straightforward process turned into a bureaucratic nightmare that allowed SDTC to continue wasting millions of dollars and abusing countless employees over the last year.
I have another quote from the same committee meeting:
...I think the current government is more interested in protecting themselves and protecting the situation from being a public nightmare. They would rather protect wrongdoers and financial mismanagement than have to deal with a situation like SDTC in the public sphere.
That was an employee who used to work at SDTC and who was at committee. That is right from the committee meeting.
I have lots more to say, and I look forward to continuing after QP.