Sir, when someone from your riding asks you to resolve an issue and you bring pressure to bear, are you interfering in the administration of the relationship? No. It's the same thing. We were asked for our opinion on events to be sponsored or not to be sponsored, and sometimes we were asked whether such and such an event, which was not known to those administering the program, was worth $10,000, $15,000 or $100,000. We answered and gave opinions, in the same way you give your opinion on issues that are submitted to you. That does not mean that you are interfering in the administration of the program. It's precisely the same thing for us. We answered the questions that the program administrators asked us on certain issues that were before them. We gave them our opinion, but we did not administer the program.
On June 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.