Mr. Speaker, I would like to tell the Deputy Prime Minister that this is the budget. If millions and millions of Canadian taxpayers dollars are not part of the budget, I do not know what is.
This scandal is spreading from the HRD minister. Now it is through international trade. The Prime Minister himself is involved in it. We know that. It is amazing how much money you can shake loose when you have friends in high places.
Fugère and Champagne have a long history of delivering cash. Now they have secured Earth Canada a $10 million line of credit, and I doubt if it was an accident. How is it that the very mention of their names turns on the taps?