Madam Speaker, the SDTC scandal, at its heart, is about those who have a path to the very heights of government. There are the insiders and the rest of us, and there are two sets of rules.
We know that, during the pandemic, the government gave out money through the Canada emergency response benefit. Many individuals in my riding and, I am sure, in the member's riding were found to be ineligible and had to pay back every single dime to CRA, despite all the challenges they had. The Auditor General found that the same thing happened with SDTC monies, with ineligible companies being allowed to have these monies.
Does the member believe it is common sense that these monies should absolutely be paid back? Does he believe the government has a duty to force those payments to come back?