Madam Speaker, simply put, we will disregard candidates who have clear and tangential conflicts of interest. We will not appoint people to decision-making bodies where they will be in a conflict of approving funds for their own businesses.
That is where these Liberals failed. They appointed individuals to decision-making positions at SDTC knowing full well, in advance, that they were making decisions that would benefit themselves directly. The claim that there are so few people in this sector, so they could not find anyone, is rubbish. There are tons of people in this country who would receive high praise for their ethics and integrity and serve on these boards to make decisions that are impartial and not with conflicts of interest.