Mr. Speaker, the facts are clear. The Prime Minister knew of the heritage minister's letter fully a month ago and he did not contact the ethics counsellor, who only found out about it from the media last week.
The Prime Minister had made up his mind before he contacted the ethics counsellor, who was not even asked for a ruling. These are the facts, not fiction.
If this government wants to restore public confidence and maintain the ethics counsellor as a watchdog of this place as he should, not a lapdog, why will she not have him report to the House on this affair immediately after the recess next week? What are they afraid of?