Mr. Speaker, for 10 years this kind of corruption has been going on through various programs. Through all of those 10 years the Prime Minister was the most powerful minister in cabinet, the most senior minister from Quebec, the controller of the public purse, the vice-chair of the Treasury Board who controlled effectively every riding association and office of the Liberal Party in Quebec. How can she expect us to believe that the rumours he heard were merely those and why did he not act on those rumours at cabinet or at Treasury Board?
In the House of Commons on February 17th, 2004. See this statement in context.