Madam Speaker, I have the privilege and honour to sit in the House on behalf of the people of Louis-Saint-Laurent and to know my colleague from British Columbia. I thank him and congratulate him on his French and his efforts to learn the language.
During his speech, the member highlighted the reason we are in the House today to debate this motion, which seeks to shed light on one of the most outrageous scandals this Liberal administration has been involved in.
The scale of it is not unlike the sponsorship scandal, multiplied by five. Nearly $400 million of tax dollars, Canadian workers' money, was not managed responsibly. The Auditor General concluded that the fund's administrators, friends of the Liberal Party, took this money by the fistful and paid it to their own companies 186 times.
That is why we are here. Could the member tell me why the government is refusing to respond to the House's order to allow the RCMP access to all the necessary documentation?