Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke may be surprised that I think the chronology of events as she describes it is accurate, with one exception. As someone who is in the Green Party, I know the word “green” gets thrown around as if we had something to do with this. Obviously, we do not. There is no word of dispute from me as to the chronology, except for this: We do not know that the people who were put on that board had any connection to any political party at all. In fact, the chair of the board, who egregiously violated conflict of interest standards, was an adviser to Jim Flaherty, much-admired former minister of finance under Stephen Harper, and to Stephen Harper himself. In other words, like many people in business in Canada, this person seems to have made sure that they had favours with many different parties and were not associated with any one in particular.
In the House of Commons on October 8th, 2024. See this statement in context.