Mr. Speaker, I appreciate your intervention to bring some order during my speech here. However, the interventions and the heckling do not bother me; they reinforce just how tired and out of gas the Liberals are.
The Liberals changed the date for the election, which is absolutely ridiculous. They changed it to secure power in the votes of the NDP to keep them in office and avoid having to go to an election. That is the fact. They are sputtering, trying to explain and failing miserably at it. Therefore, those heckles do not discourage me; they reinforce the fact that the Liberals are desperately trying to change the channel from the numerous scandals that consume them.
I would be rattled too if I had to go to people in Kingston, having been a Liberal MP for the last nine years, and answer for the number of ethical violations that the Liberals have. He should answer for why they will not show the $400-million corruption scandal and provide all the documents to the RCMP, as well as why they are so desperate that they will work with the NDP to protect the pensions of soon-to-be defeated NDP and Liberal MPs. I am very confident in going to the people of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry right now.
Again, the eroding trust is disgusting. There is very little left after nine years. Every week, Canadians are growing sick and tired of the endless desperation of Liberal and NDP MPs. Therefore, I do not worry about anything else but having an election right now for Canadians to have their say, which they desperately want.
On the other side, those members should be ashamed and embarrassed of what was exposed last week. They gave the NDP special, secret access to meetings in advance of proposing a bill to change the election laws in order to keep themselves in power. They got caught, and they should rightly be embarrassed and rattled about that.
When we go back, at the end of the day, this issue happened because Liberals are terrible managers when it comes to the federal government. Again, this is the latest scandal of waste, mismanagement and corruption. I could go on for hours on end, outlining the numerous examples. There are the Auditor General reports that have come in the last couple of years alone, as well as the ones at public accounts and other committees that are under way and getting more information on the magnitude and depth of their incompetence.
The $400 million was meant for green technology, which are good buzz words from Liberals. We talk about virtue signalling. Why is that? It is because they say all the right things; they get A for announcements, but there is zero depth to the reality and their ability to deliver. The only thing they have delivered is 186 cases of conflict of interest totalling $330 million to Liberal insiders and giving $59 million to ineligible projects. It is not about green technology, the environment or Canadians. It is about lining the pockets of their friends. Twenty years ago, this defeated the last Liberal government, and it is going to be one of the many factors that defeat this one.
In nine years, the NDP-Liberal government doubled the amount spent on consultants and outside contractors. It is going to $21 billion a year. We are seeing numerous cases, such as $60 million for ArriveCAN and $400 million here, of a completely inappropriate use of taxpayers' money.
As I wrap up my comments, I want Canadians to reflect on this: The Liberals have been made aware now, since whistle-blowers came forward a couple of years ago, of the case of the green slush fund. If they took this issue seriously, they would not have shut Parliament down for the last month to avoid accountability. They would not be dithering and delaying instead of just co-operating. If they are so serious about respecting taxpayers' money, they should tell us this: How much money has been returned of the $400 million to date? It is zero dollars, and that is why they have zero credibility left in the House.