Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the great work that she does in holding the government to account at every opportunity she gets.
This motion is about stopping double-dipping. There are instances where outsourcing may be necessary, but it has never been necessary to outsource to public servants. That work should be done in-house. She makes a very good point about the conflict of interest guidelines that are in place.
I will just quickly quote a very recent post by one of my colleagues. He wrote, “SHOCKING
“The ‘Conflict of Interest’ Policy at Trudeau's Green Slush Fund allowed Board members to buy & sell securities WITHIN DAYS of a funding decision.
“This is akin to INSIDER TRADING.
“Corruption not only happened, it was the OFFICIAL POLICY”.