Madam Speaker, Conservatives support the main report from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, but want to highlight two concerns in our dissenting report.
The first is that Mr. Flatt and Mr. Teskey refused to appear. They stayed outside Canada to avoid testifying, even though the House could still order them to appear when they return.
The second is that we have deep concerns about the Prime Minister's conflicts of interest. He has massive Brookfield holdings with future bonus pay, possibly in the tens of millions of dollars, and they are not properly managed under the current rules. Administrators of the screen were not even aware that the Prime Minister had met with the COO of Brookfield or that 95% of Brookfield companies are not covered by the screen.
The committee should continue examining fixes to the act to restore public trust. That is what we are going to look to do.