Mr. Speaker, former Liberal minister Navdeep Bains appointed Annette Verschuren as chair of SDTC, notwithstanding the fact that he knew she was in a blatant conflict of interest. The public accounts committee ordered that the Prime Minister's department, the PCO, submit all communications between the PMO, former minister Bains' office and the department of industry. Surprise, surprise, not one email could be found in respect of the appointment of someone responsible for handling a billion dollars.
Does the member find this rather convenient, especially given what we learned this week, which is that a government official willfully destroyed evidence to cover up the government's $60-million arrive scam?
Mr. Speaker, former Liberal minister Navdeep Bains appointed Annette Verschuren as chair of SDTC, notwithstanding the fact that he knew she was in a blatant conflict of interest. The public accounts committee ordered that the Prime Minister's department, the PCO, submit all communications between the PMO, former minister Bains' office and the department of industry. Surprise, surprise, not one email could be found in respect of the appointment of someone responsible for handling a billion dollars.
Does the member find this rather convenient, especially given what we learned this week, which is that a government official willfully destroyed evidence to cover up the government's $60-million arrive scam?