Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent talk today. I am glad he was able to mention the comment from his wife. I know if I read a comment from my wife on Facebook, it would be something like, “Why didn't you take out the trash again?”
Part of the SDTC issue is that Industry Canada has a contribution agreement with SDTC, the green slush fund, that requires the board to report any conflicts of interest, real or perceived, to the Minister of Industry. It is right in the contribution agreement and was signed off on.
The Auditor General has found well over 80 conflicts of interest. Is my colleague wondering, like I am wondering, if the government is refusing to hand over the documents because they show that the Liberal-appointed board had conflicts of interest that were reported to both the past minister, Navdeep Bains, and the current minister, and they refused to act because they are more interested in supporting Liberal insiders than protecting taxpayers' money?