I understand. I see how you feel about transparency. I would have preferred you make the letter public in the interest of transparency.
The appearance of a conflict of interest is what's undermining your credibility or, at least, people's trust. In this situation, you are aware that you proposed legislation, Bill C‑15, part of which deals with Alto. The bill confers expropriation powers that go against the Expropriation Act.
Why didn't you just take the part about Alto out of the omnibus budget bill? That way, the Minister of Transport could have dealt with that part, and you wouldn't have had to state your position, appear before the Standing Committee on Finance or even vote on the matter? Why didn't you recuse yourself from the process and take that part out? I'm not talking about the whole bill. I'm referring only to the part about Alto. Why didn't you put it in another bill? That would have avoided the appearance of a conflict of interest.