Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister said that he had learned of the letter to the CRTC from the Minister of Canadian Heritage at the beginning of the month of October and that he had consulted the ethics counsellor.
I draw the House's attention to yesterday's Hansard at page 7312 where the Prime Minister is quoted as saying:
I consulted the government's ethics counsellor and one I appointed for myself-
In light of those remarks I would like to ask the Prime Minister how he could say just a few moments ago that: "I did not speak to him myself. I asked that he be consulted". Further, how could he justify saying just a few moments ago: "I thought Mr. Wilson had been consulted". Why the discrepancy?